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- From: dhardin@bbn.com (Dawn Hardin)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: Credibility...
- Message-ID: <lm8bdaINN8tu@news.bbn.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 18:12:58 GMT
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- In article <ewright.727854345@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >In <MARTINC.93Jan23124248@grover.cs.unc.edu> martinc@grover.cs.unc.edu (Charles R. Martin) writes:
- >
- >>Being "single" I presume implies "not in a monogamous relationship"
- >
- >Can't count very well, can you Charlie?
- >
- >Single means "one."
- >
- >Not single means "more than one."
-
- Let's pin down what you mean...
-
- 1) Would you consider a person who had one or two dates a month with people
- that he/she never went out with again to be non-single?
-
- 2) Would you consider a person who went out as often as he/she liked with
- groups of friends to be non-single?
-
- If you really are excluding these two groups of people from your definition
- of single, then I guess I'd have to agree with you that I think most people
- would find it difficult to be happy without friends and a social life. I
- think it would also be tough to be happy if you felt that you didn't have
- anyone who really cared about you (but family, friends, and cats are useful
- here.) A couple of dates here and there, while good for your self-esteem,
- doesn't really make a huge difference in the long run. It would be easier
- to be happy with one good friend in your life than no friends and some
- superficial dates.
-
- Dawn
- --
- "You have this adorable and misguided notion that death is something really
- radical and cool but I still can't help being attracted to your fresh-faced
- uncompromised tatoo-ed rebel stance and god damn, I'd like to help you
- sing your tune." "Folk Song..." by Bongwater
-