NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/soc/singles/34595

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From: [e-mail] (Pooh)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: SF ISO S*M
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Date: 22 Dec 92 12:53:04 GMT
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In the referenced article, [e-mail] (keith garrard) writes:
>Yes Wong, I agree with you whoeheartedly.  If you
>get a woman in her 30's who has been living on her own
>for a while, and who is independent, then you might
>as well forget her.  She is used to doing what she wants
>when she wants, and she won't be interested in a man tying
>her down.

So, like, Keith, what's the alternative?  Are you looking
for a woman who lets you tell her what to do and when to
do it, and wants to let you direct all her activities for
the rest of her life?

There was an article in the International Herald Tribune
recently (which originated in the New York Times, I think)
about how increasing numbers of divorced women don't want
to remarry, because they feel the single life is much
better than the married life they left.  They appreciate
finally having the freedom to do what they want, and have
plenty of friends to make up for not having a live-in
relationship, whereas divorced men pine for the days when
their wives would run their household for them and do
their laundry.

If a man doesn't want to give up his independence, he's
just "being a man," whereas if a woman does it, she's
seen as selfish.  Well, if marriage means by definition
that I have to give up my mind and my will, then count
me out!

Pooh
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