ABSTRACT
In both clinical practice and everyday life one frequently encounters persons who quickly lose interest in others once the other is known, “solved,” or “had.” It is as though the other is interesting as long as he is far, little known, or perceived as unattainable. Once he is near, known, and in some sense mastered or seen as comfortably human, he tends to become a dead spot in one’s interest and passed by as no longer live currency.
