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From: thoth@tellab3.UUCP (Marcus Hall)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Just how far can friendship go? - deviding line submitted
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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 22:39:13 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  9 22:39:13 1985
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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
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