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!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!decwrl!sun!idi!oliven!oliveb!rap From: rap@oliveb.UUCP (Robert A. Pease) Newsgroups: net.philosophy,net.religion,net.singles Subject: Re: Re: marriage = commitment Message-ID: <495@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 15:18:25 EDT Article-I.D.: oliveb.495 Posted: Tue Jul 9 15:18:25 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 04:16:06 EDT References: <508@ttidcc.UUCP> <485@oliveb.UUCP> <424@h-sc1.UUCP> Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca Lines: 24 Xref: watmath net.philosophy:2029 net.religion:7226 net.singles:7747 > > > > 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. > > > > Why didn't the kids just use their mother's last name? Seems if you're > going to defy one tradition, you may as well go whole hog. > > marie Sigh, you missed the point. To repeat; >>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