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From: tpchmara@wateng.UUCP (Thomas P. Chmara, Creative Slothfulness Inc.)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Relationships:  do ANY of them work?
Message-ID: <1869@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 13:06:08 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 17 13:06:08 1985
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I've been sitting back and reading this newsgroup for some time now,
rarely posting anything because I've got little to say.  Two things
strike me as frightening, though:  the level of animosity and bitterness
displayed by contributors regarding the opposite sex; and the fact that
many of the correspondents to this newsgroup seem to be going through
	a) divorce;
	b) breakup in a close relationship;
	c) being terminally lonely.
I realize that discussing and searching for solutions to problems are
generally why people use this newsgroup, but even in responses and counsels
rarely do I see anything like "don't worry so much...things CAN work out,
I know because it's working out for me..."  Instead, it's mostly "buck up;
I've been there MANY TIMES, and you'll be able to handle it too after you
build for yourself a strong enough shell." It's getting to the point that
it doesn't seem possible to keep anything going in this day and age.
Are there in fact any people out there who are HAPPY with their lives,
and with their relationships?
	Just getting this nagging feeling...
		---tpc---

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