Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version Tektronix Network News Daemon (B 2.10.2 based); site tektronix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!moiram From: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison ) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: More women than men Message-ID: <5520@tektronix.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 13:09:54 EDT Article-I.D.: tektroni.5520 Posted: Mon Jul 22 13:09:54 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Jul-85 02:21:21 EDT References: <589@unc.UUCP> <604@unc.UUCP> <2370@ut-sally.UUCP> Reply-To: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison ) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 19 In article <2370@ut-sally.UUCP> pooh@ut-sally.UUCP (Pooh @ the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen) writes: > >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. . . Are there effective ways of countering this phenomenon? It seems that people are more likely to assume a relationship is "other-than- platonic" than platonic. It seems this is more a problem as the friendship is budding. How do I enjoy the companionship of male friends without starting the rumors flowing and the email volume dropping? Moira Mallison tektronix!moiram