Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site phri.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!timeinc!phri!lonetto From: lonetto@phri.UUCP (Michael Lonetto) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: marriage |= (necessarily) commitment Message-ID: <383@phri.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 19:34:00 EDT Article-I.D.: phri.383 Posted: Tue Aug 6 19:34:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 01:50:09 EDT References: <616@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 25 > > Adrienne Regard: > > One of the suppositions about marriage that is often imposed upon the > couple is that marriage somehow means the question of parenting arises, > when non-marriage means the question will never arise. Neither of these > suppositions are true. Marrying someone is creating a certain kind of > relationship between two adult people. Having kids is creating a certain > kind of relationship between adults and children. They may correlate, > but they are NOT synonomous. Adrienne should speak for herself. I know that I would not now be planning a wedding if the lady in question and myself were not planning to engage in the great adventure of raising a family. We're perfectly happy (and slightly richer) as live-ins. Legally, life is much simpler for all concerned when the parents are married. -- ____________________ Michael Lonetto Public Health Research Institute, 455 1st Ave, NY, NY 10016 (allegra!phri!lonetto) "BUY ART, NOT COCAINE"