Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/28/84; site lll-crg.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!simpson From: simpson@lll-crg.ARPA (Rea Simpson) Newsgroups: net.philosophy,net.religion,net.singles Subject: Re: marriage = commitment Message-ID: <684@lll-crg.ARPA> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 14:24:44 EDT Article-I.D.: lll-crg.684 Posted: Sun Jul 7 14:24:44 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 07:16:19 EDT References: <508@ttidcc.UUCP> <485@oliveb.UUCP> Reply-To: simpson@lll-crg.UUCP (Rea simpson) Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG group Lines: 50 Xref: watmath net.philosophy:2023 net.religion:7216 net.singles:7687 In article <485@oliveb.UUCP> rap@oliveb.UUCP (Robert A. Pease) writes: >> >> Marriage is also a legal contract with rights and priviledges that are >> defined state by state. Marriage also carries a certain amount of social >> debris that a couple may not welcome. It may bear religious connotations >> to which the couple does not subscribe. >> >> Adrienne Regard > >Good point. I know of a couple who decided not to get married, but to >just live together. They had children who kept getting hassled about >their last name. ... they finally got married. That was the >end of a beautiful relationship. The fights started and they >basicly fell apart. > >The story has a happy ending, though. They got divorced. Then they >began living together. And they got along. > >Ok, the whole point to this story (and its a true one) is that some >people can be committed to each other without having to get married >and they know when they are better off. DON'T FORCE SOMETHING ON >SOMEONE THAT THEY FEEL IS NOT RIGHT. >-- > Robert A. Pease > {hplabs|zehntel|fortune|ios|tolerant|allegra|tymix}!oliveb!oliven!rap I've heard a lot of talk about how getting married can ruin things. I'm not sure I understand this (I have never been married). What's the big difference between being married and living together. I lived with a guy for 1.5 years and at some points I think it would have been easier if we had been married, although neither of us was ready for that. ____ " Let there be songs to fill the air ... " " Reach out your hand if your cup be empty If your cup is full may it be again " ____ Rea Simpson Lawrence Livermore Labs L-306 P.O. Box 808 Livermore, CA 94550 (415) 423-0910 {dual, gymble, sun, mordor}!lll-crg!simpson simpson@lll-crg.ARPA