Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!wxlvax!smk From: smk@wxlvax.UUCP (Simon Kao) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: signing letters Message-ID: <372@wxlvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 09:19:19 EST Article-I.D.: wxlvax.372 Posted: Fri Jan 11 09:19:19 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Jan-85 08:14:52 EST Lines: 9 () 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?