Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks 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 Article-I.D.: unc.153 Posted: Sun Mar 3 14:21:12 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 02:45:13 EST References: <-20100@tekred.UUCP>Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 21 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