From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!hou5f!hou5d!houxz!houxi!houxa!houxb!houxq!houxo!wakeup Newsgroups: net.women Title: Re: A way to be working parents Article-I.D.: houxo.146 Posted: Mon Jan 31 12:29:16 1983 Received: Tue Feb 1 04:57:35 1983 References: floyd.1124 The method suggested is VERY unique but very impractical. One would be giving up more than general privacy. Sharing incomes, housing, raising of children, etc. leaves extreemely little privacy. I also question the legal problems of such a situation. Two examples: 1. One couple for employment reasons must move to another city. What is their obligation to the "group" and how is a replacement found and decided upon? How is the value of house they "sell" determined and paid for? 2. Suppose after a while one of the "partners" of the group loose their job and decides not to work? How do you force them to do their share? One last problem I see. Sharing everything communally does breed problems. If I have an interest in doing X will I be stopped because no one else wants me to do it? What if everyone else wants to do Y and I do not, must I still contribute? I see a great loss of freedom in addition to privacy.