Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcc13.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcc13!ee161aok From: ee161aok@sdcc13.UUCP ({|stu) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: On the positive side of being single ... Message-ID: <116@sdcc13.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 00:05:04 EST Article-I.D.: sdcc13.116 Posted: Fri Dec 28 00:05:04 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Dec-84 02:37:29 EST Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Lines: 23 There has been a lot of talk about the insecurity of being alone. I feel that identifying a person as an SO, that is as your special friend is perhaps the most limiting thing you can do. A special friend or lover imposes all sorts of demands on you that otherwise do not exsist. And in addition, most relationships seem to require a certain level of abstinance from other relationships, even ones at a more superficial level. I do not have much time for the people who complain of being alone. These are the same people who complain about the relationships that they are in and life in general. My favorite evening is to take out a person for the first time, have a pleasant dinner and get to know the person. Relationships tend to offer security more than anything else, and the security they offers takes away from many of the things in life that are most fun. steve ackroyd "we can play doctor, but lets not play house"