Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/28/84; site lll-crg.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!simpson From: simpson@lll-crg.ARPA (Rea Simpson) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: More women than men Message-ID: <722@lll-crg.ARPA> Date: Sun, 21-Jul-85 21:29:41 EDT Article-I.D.: lll-crg.722 Posted: Sun Jul 21 21:29:41 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Jul-85 04:54:14 EDT References: <589@unc.UUCP> <604@unc.UUCP> <2370@ut-sally.UUCP> Reply-To: simpson@lll-crg.UUCP (Rea simpson) Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG group Lines: 32 In article <2370@ut-sally.UUCP> pooh@ut-sally.UUCP (Pooh @ the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen) writes: >Again, Frank, I have to disagree. Word gets around *FAST*, >even in a new community, whether you're dating someone or not. >Especially in small communities (like the net :-), once >you are pegged as "seeing" someone in an other-than-platonic >fashion, you are labeled as TAKEN, and only the boldest >(or the ones who don't keep their ears to the ground) will >risk asking you out. And your email volume drops significantly. . . > >In some cases, it can be really hard to figure out whether >someone is just not interested in you, or if s/he simply >counts you as unavailable, so why bother? > I think the above is true. I think that it's normal to try and find out if someone is taken before you ask them out. That's my biggest worry when I'm trying to get up the courage to approach a guy and ask him out. I'm not sure why I worry about this so much but I do. ____ " ... and a friend or two I love at hand ..." ____ Rea Simpson Lawrence Livermore Labs L-306 P.O. Box 808 Livermore, CA 94550 (415) 423-0910 {dual, gymble, sun, mordor}!lll-crg!simpson simpson@lll-crg.ARPA