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From: amc@whuts.UUCP (Andy Cohill)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Living Alone: Abnormal?
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 08:56:24 EDT
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Greg says: 

> I like having complete control
> over my environment. 

Ah! There is that word "control". That is the "problem" with sharing
your life with someone else--you have to trust that person.

> .... It's a tradeoff: for more closeness you get less "freedom" (for
> lack of a better word to use).

I have a better word: irresponsibility. For more closeness you get
less irresponsibility. It gets confused with "freedom" very
frequently. 

Best regards,
Andy Cohill
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