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From: clark@sdcsla.UUCP (Clark Quinn)
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Subject: Re: Responsibility for birth control
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Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 17:52:08 EST
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> OK, so we agree on one thing: it's unromantic.  However it's quite
> necessary.  What happens if she forgets?  Is it really so horrible
> to ask "What about birth control?" and get an "All taken care of, I
> use the  method."  Wouldn't you rather hear an "Opps, I forgot,
> hang on a minute" than get a "We have a little problem" call a
> couple months down the road?

Yes, Yes, Yes, I say, as that just recently happened to me.  So we 
had to spend 15 minutes tearing her room apart trying to find the 
thing (she hadn't used it in a while :-(), it made me twice as glad
I had asked.

> A little consideration goes a long way.

Again, yes, yes, yes.  I have many times heard "It's taken care of
but thank you for asking!"
^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ 

Come on folks, wake up, it's the twentieth century.  It takes two to
well, tango, and so the responsibility is on both partners.  There
is a lot of fun to be shared, but so is the responsibility.

>         _____
>         |___|		the Bavarian Beagle
>        _|___|_			Snoopy
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>         \___/
> 

-- Clark

"What do you mean you used it as a pincushion?"

 Clark N. Quinn
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 University of California, San Diego
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