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From: beth@gymble.UUCP (Beth Katz)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social
Subject: Re: The Ultimate Naming Convention Question
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 14:11:38 EST
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Summary: 

(Guy The Schafer) writes:
>OK.  Say a hypothetical 21 year old single male person was invited to the
>home of his hypothetical parental units for an anniversary party to be held
>about 1000 miles away. So he jumps on the plane not alone but with a happily-
>married 35 year old female person with whom the hypothetical male has been
>having a affair for eighteen months.  Enter hypothetical male with companion
>into room containing hypothetical parents (2) and hypothetical grandparents
>(4) and hypothetical brother (1).  What does he introduce the female person
>as? And how does he get the same bed with her that night?  Hoo-boy.

I would introduce the female as a friend of mine from XXX where XXX stands
for work, school, or whatever.  I would have warned said parents ahead of time
that I was bringing a friend so as to not make things unbearably uncomfortable.
Miss Manners says that unmarried folks should not ask to share sleeping
quarters but that the hosts should ignore wanderings in the night.

Why did the hypothetical male person decide it was so important to bring the
hypothetical female person along to an anniversary party?  Maybe he just
wanted to make trouble, especially if he didn't warn his parents first.

All answers are also hypothetical.
					Beth Katz