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From: rance@cornell.UUCP (W. Rance Cleaveland)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: marriage = commitment
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Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 13:08:42 EDT
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>                                                             I think that
> it takes a greater commitment from "my" man to help create an individualized
> institution than to grab the one off the shelf, even if many of the particu-
> lars look very similar to outsiders.

Maybe you've hit upon the problem that seems to plague many marriages, the
problem being that many view marriage as an "off-the-shelf", standardized
sort of relationship with prescribed behavior for both parties.  It don't
have to be so....

Regards,
Rance Cleaveland