From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!teklabs!tekcrd!tekid!barbaral@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: contracts..what we did
Article-I.D.: tekid.582
Posted: Mon Nov 15 10:17:41 1982
Received: Thu Nov 18 07:51:05 1982

After about 9 months of going out together, we decided to live together.
We wrote a short contract, which said we would live together for a year
and see how it worked out.  We also put together a list of things that
we talked over about every two weeks.  The list consisted of our concerns
and possible problem areas we might encounter, such as :
1.  Do you feel like the housework is shared alright?
2.  Do you feel like the finances are fair?
3.  Is the other person doing anything that bugs you?
4.  Are you getting enough privacy?
5.  Do you still feel special (not being taken for granted)?
6.  etc.
   I think planning to talk over this list has helped us keep the communication
lines open, and not let things build up.  Now, after about 9 months of living
together, we don't use the list, but once every few weeks sit down and
talk about how things are working out, and if anything bugs us.  It's working
out fine.