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- From: pooh@Apple.COM (Wendy Nather)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: (LONG) Re: Living alone and liking it
- Message-ID: <77582@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 15:01:44 GMT
- References: <1993Jan13.150209.648@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> <1993Jan19.030813.28814@netcom.com> <1993Jan25.165842.4673@client21.comlab.ox.ac.uk>
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- In the referenced article, sharon@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Sharon Curtis) writes:
- [long article about how great it is to live alone and be
- single deleted]
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- I'm sorry, Sharon, but according to the law as set forth by
- Ed Wright, you cannot possibly be happy being single, so
- please lie down until your delusions pass. Thank you.
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- Seriously, I can relate to a lot of what you say. The men
- I know just don't seem to spend as many CPU cycles being
- "other-oriented" as women do. They do what THEY prefer and
- hope that we will put up with it. A man will happily live
- in his own messy apartment, but not consider that someone
- else might want to walk without tripping over things. He will
- only start thinking about dinner when HE is hungry, and only
- then will notice that there's nothing to eat in the house,
- complain about it, and then go get a beer and Doritos.
- Men don't remember personal data relevant to anyone else
- (like birthdays, preferences, family issues, etc.). Often
- they will give gifts when THEY feel like it and think of it,
- not when they think YOU would like it or need cheering up.
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- In all fairness, men fall along a spectrum between the self-centered
- child and the functional adult who can plan a dinner with more than
- one course and actually cook it. But it seems to me that when
- a woman gets into a relationship, she starts thinking about "us"
- and jumps into nurture mode, whereas men still think about
- themselves except that they're not as lonely as they used to be.
- It would be nice to find a man who would take it upon himself
- to keep the fridge stocked with MY favorite foods, keep
- medical supplies on hand, nurture personal relationships with
- my friends and family, remind me of my appointments, and worry
- when I was running out of clean underwear!* It seems to me that
- men do indeed get more out of a relationship than women do.
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- Pooh
- pooh@apple.com
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- * Again, in all fairness, my PSOM does manage to get Diet Coke into
- his fridge when I visit, has been known to have aspirin, and
- sends an occasional mail message to colleagues of mine he's met,
- although he doesn't really seem to care whether I have clean
- underwear to wear. ;-)
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