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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
Message-ID: <153@unc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 14:21:12 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  3 14:21:12 1985
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Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Summary: 

In article  wolpert@hpisla.UUCP (wolpert) writes:
>Living Together (LT) vs. Being Married (BM):
>
>LT is not necessarily a step toward BM. Sometimes it works out
>that way, just because LT is a *very* good way to really get
>to know somebody. Sometimes people who live together do get
>married, just as sometimes people who date each other get
>married.
>
>BM is not necessarily a stronger commitment than LT. It depends
>on the circumstances. Some people might enter a LT arrangement
>for simple financial reasons, or convenience (but I guess the
>same could be said for BM). In other cases, people are LT
>because of a commitment to each other, or to some common
>ideal.
>

BM stands for Bowel Movement.  Was this acronym crap really necessary?

		Frank Silbermann
		University of North Carolina