Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tellab3.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!tellab1!tellab3!thoth From: thoth@tellab3.UUCP (Marcus Hall) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Just how far can friendship go? - deviding line submitted Message-ID: <271@tellab3.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 22:39:13 EDT Article-I.D.: tellab3.271 Posted: Tue Jul 9 22:39:13 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 02:16:31 EDT References: <317@azure.UUCP> <2910@cornell.UUCP> <226@uwvax.UUCP> Reply-To: thoth@tellab3.UUCP (Marcus Hall) Distribution: net Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, IL Lines: 20 Summary: > This may sound old-fashioned, but the "Sexual Revolution" notwithstanding, I > think 'The Act', or the possibility thereof, separates friendship and SOship for > most people. Do most people feel that SOship has more to do with exclusivity or sex? I would tend to place SOship above sex. Certainly many people have sexual relations with more than one person at a time (not necessarily all partners present at the same time). Is it possible to have several SOs at the same time? If sex defines SOship, then this must be the case for many people. It certainly is possible for many other people to be significant, but I feel that the meaning of SO is one that is 'more significant than anyone else'. Clearly there isn't any clear cut dividing line, as has been previously stated, so SOship must be defined by each person based on what they think it is. After all, SO is just a label, it's the meaning that counts. marcus hall ..!ihnp4!tellab1!tellab2!thoth