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From: mokhtar@ubc-vision.CDN (mokhtar)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Mature girlfriends and boyfriends
Message-ID: <624@ubc-vision.CDN>
Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 18:17:47 EDT
Article-I.D.: ubc-visi.624
Posted: Wed Oct 10 18:17:47 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 12-Oct-84 08:01:38 EDT
Organization: UBC Vision, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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>> Girlfriend and woman-friend, boyfriend and man-friend do not
>> seem to carry the same meanings, so how do these fit in with the
>> demands to be called by some seemingly more adult name?  Most of
>> the people who are not on this net will not even understand the
>> terms made up here (MOTOS, SO, etc).  Now what, Sherlock?

Why do have to make such a clear distinction? A simple "friend" sounds fine
to me. Friends and lovers are not mutually exclusive, you know?
 
						    Farzin Mokhtarian
						    < ubc-vision!mokhtar >