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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: Later lovers - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 16-Dec-83 10:55:17 EST
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The problem with objecting to "she's in good hands now" is that I can't
think of anything better to wish about friends.  Should you wish that
they are in lousy hands? Should you start a big competition to win her
away from the other hands? (Gee, makes women seem like prizes. I don't
like that.) Should you not care at all what she is associating with?
(Impossible to do with a friend. You wish them well...)

To be happy that someone is "in good hands" does not mean that you think
that they could not hack being in lousy hands -- just that it is nicer all
around if this is what happens. Its when you see a good friend associating
with a creep that you feel awful. (If you don't feel awful, then it probably
isn't a good friend...)

Laura Creighton
utzoo!utcsstat!laura