Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version Tektronix Network News Daemon (B 2.10.2 based); site tektronix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!tektronix!moiram From: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison ) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: More women than men Message-ID: <5477@tektronix.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 12:43:45 EDT Article-I.D.: tektroni.5477 Posted: Mon Jul 8 12:43:45 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 00:27:24 EDT References: <5464@tektronix.UUCP> <1560125@acf4.UUCP> Reply-To: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison ) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 22 In article <1560125@acf4.UUCP> mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) writes: >>/* fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) / 1:48 pm Jul 4, 1985 */ > >>Come on! Does one REALLY need to be SOCIALIZED to want to marry up? >>That's like being socialized to like candy. > >Often, yes. I imagine many young girls would likely marry on the basis >of affection mainly. But then their parents get hold of them and >say - "It's just as easy to fall in love with a rich boy as a poor one." >This advice is not without merit, but, of course, should be employed >with moderation. > > Mike Sykora :-) This is exactly the advice I got from my mother when I was 18. (Yeah, I was a late bloomer). I reminded her of this recently, and her remark was "My, I certainly was cynical then, wasn't I?" :-) Moira Mallison tektronix!moiram