Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihuxe!rainbow From: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: RE:signing letters Message-ID: <1031@ihuxe.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 13:27:24 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxe.1031 Posted: Mon Jan 14 13:27:24 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jan-85 02:06:13 EST Sender: rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 22 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