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From: ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social
Subject: Re: signing letters
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Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 15:57:51 EST
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>Here's something I haven't seen discussed after a year reading net.singles.
>Many women, when signing letters, use the format: love, so-and-so. This seems
>to be the prefered way of signing even to casual acquaintances, at least for
>some women. Men, on the other hand, seem hardly ever to sign as such. Why is
>this? Is it that tried and true reason: societal pressures don't allow men the
>freedom to express themselves? Or is it something else? And, does how one signs
>mean anything, or does it really matter? 

	Well, yes it does matter how you sign a letter ... 
I don't imagine that you send off complaints to the utility
company  with "Best Wishes for the Future" or "Many Hugs and
Kisses"....  

	Of course, men do seem to feel societal pressures not
to express love as an emotion, and as such, are reluctant to
express it on paper.  Remember, love *is* a four-letter word
(are you reading this, JS?)  :-)

	Personally, I don't feel pressured to *not* sign 
(or to sign) a letter in a particular way.  Although there
are not many men that I love now (either in the platonic
or carnal senses) I do feel comfortable signing letters
to male or female friends with "Love."

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