Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!wfi From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Nominally Single??? Message-ID: <530@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 12:12:37 EST Article-I.D.: rti-sel.530 Posted: Tue Nov 5 12:12:37 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 05:59:43 EST References: <1071@trwrdc.UUCP> <490@rti-sel.UUCP> <1079@trwrdc.UUCP> <515@rti-sel.UUCP> <1091@jhunix.UUCP> Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 27 In article <1091@jhunix.UUCP> ins_aeas@jhunix.UUCP (Earle A .Sugar) writes: >> What makes you think many people have never fallen in love? ... >> This is another myth: that Love is a rich and rare thing ... >> Love is as common as dirt, my friend... > > If love is common as dirt, I and most of the people I know must be living >in operating rooms. People don't just turn relationships on and off like a >light bulb. ... Finding a partner that is well-matched enough for the >two of you to stick together for a decent amount of time ... is rather >hard to do, ... Most people in contemporary U. S. society marry for love. The marriage of convenience and the arranged marriage are rare. Check your statistics: how many people in the U. S. have been married at least once by the age of 35? How many have been married more than once? Do you really think all these people married for reasons other than love? I've known absolutely NO ONE older than 30 years old who hasn't been in love at least once and possibly more than once. And I've known a lot of people in the 30 to 45 year old age bracket. I've known very few people in the 25 to 30 year old age bracket who haven't been in love at least once. Although finding a mate may be 'rather hard to do,' it happens all the time to all kinds of people. From my own experience, love IS common as dirt and as old as humanity. -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly