Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site oliveb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!sun!idi!oliven!oliveb!rap From: rap@oliveb.UUCP (Robert A. Pease) Newsgroups: net.philosophy,net.religion,net.singles Subject: Re: marriage = commitment Message-ID: <485@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 11:38:08 EDT Article-I.D.: oliveb.485 Posted: Wed Jul 3 11:38:08 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 05:44:10 EDT References: <508@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca Lines: 27 Xref: watmath net.philosophy:2019 net.religion:7202 net.singles:7648 > > 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. It seems that the school board decided that the children couldn't use their father's last name because he didn't marry their mother. Well, to try and make things easier for their children, 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. And the school board couldn't say a damn thing about the kids' last name. 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