Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!susie From: susie@uwmacc.UUCP (sue brunkow) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Dividing line - girl/woman Message-ID: <779@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 21:29:49 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.779 Posted: Sat Mar 9 21:29:49 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 20:03:00 EST Distribution: net Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 18 [ Token homage to the line-eater] For me, the dividing line between girl and woman came when I started supporting myself. While I was an undergrad, I paid for a lot of my own expenses, but my parents were always willing to mail a check to pay for tuition and other things, if I didn't have the money. Once I stopped being a 'dependent', I stopped feeling uncomfortable about being referred to as a woman. Sue Brunkow University of Wisconsin {allegra,seismo,ihnp4}!uwvax!uwmacc!susie `Please send flames, it's going to be winter here until June.'