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From: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: RE:signing letters
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 13:27:24 EST
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Newsgroups: net.singles   Subject: signing letters

>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? 

I can't speak for others, but I sign all my letters "love, Robert."
But then again if I had any correspondence with men(none I know like
writing, even close friends who move away), I'd probably only sign
my name. Why? Hard to say. I generally feel a lot more open towards
women. I generally don't feel that close to men and rarely confide
my feelings to them. I guess it would appear as unmasculine in the latter
case. That is not an issue in the former case. Matter-in-fact, I would
think women might find it cold and impersonal if it were just signed with
a name.

Robert