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- From: martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles,alt.romance
- Subject: Re: On Being Single
- Date: 25 Jan 93 10:37:59
- Organization: UNC Department of Computer Science
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- Message-ID: <MARTINC.93Jan25103759@grover.cs.unc.edu>
- References: <1993Jan25.030906.16272@wetware.com>
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- In-reply-to: drieux@wetware.com's message of Mon, 25 Jan 1993 03:09:06 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.030906.16272@wetware.com> drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux) writes:
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- martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
- ] Being "single" I presume implies "not in a monogamous relationship" or
- ] at least "not in a committed long term relationship" whether we mean Ed
- ] Wright the pinnacle of human evolution or Ugh the Cave Person.
-
- I think it would be safer to start with the
- bare bones minimum of:
-
- "Not Currently in a Contractual Arrangement with
- another Person, such as is exclusionary of other
- personal relationships with a potential or actual
- sexual component."
-
- Like yourself, I am divorced, and hence no longer in
- a contractual arrangement, as stipulated above. Hence
- I am 'single' - I am in a Protracted arrangment with
- a ProblemOlderWoman, But until she finishes the
- preliminary readings, including, but not limited to
- Hofstatder's GEB, we are not in a position to discuss
- the nature of Completeness or Closure.
-
- What I want to know is if that means you're in a protracted relationship
- with Aahz by transitivity.
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