Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-k Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Pucc-K:ag5 From: ag5@pucc-k (Henry Mensch) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social Subject: Re: signing letters Message-ID: <825@pucc-k> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 15:57:51 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-k.825 Posted: Tue Jan 15 15:57:51 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Jan-85 12:51:05 EST References: <372@wxlvax.UUCP> <1675@pucc-h> Followup-To: net.social Organization: Tower Acres Pleasure Center Lines: 32 Xref: watmath net.singles:5414 net.social:408 () >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." -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services {ihnp4|decvax|ucbvax|purdue|uiucdcs|cbosgd|harpo}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ". . . he wasn't festive but was probably ambidextrous"