Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site ccvaxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!preece From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Re: Livin' in sin Message-ID: <23600002@ccvaxa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 11:35:00 EST Article-I.D.: ccvaxa.23600002 Posted: Wed Feb 20 11:35:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Feb-85 10:16:59 EST References: <230@qusavx.UUCP> Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:qusavx:-23000:ccvaxa:23600002:000:628 Nf-From: ccvaxa!preece Feb 20 10:35:00 1985 > ... I chanced upon a discussion of folks living together prior to (and > sometimes instead of) marriage. I for one am all for it. ... > My only reservations concern letting relatives know about the > arrangement. ---------- You never know, though. My sister lived with someone for five years. For the first year everyone studiously avoided telling my grandmother about this, on the assumption she would noisily disapprove. My sister finally brought it up. My grandmother sent them a Cuisinart as an un-wedding present. Sometimes people are more understanding than you expect... scott preece ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!preece