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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Embarassment
Message-ID: <47@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Sep-85 20:34:30 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  8 20:34:30 1985
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Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Summary: 

R. Hollenbeck:
>The idea of posting a personal ad in net.singles is about as appealing
>as going into a department store and yelling at the top of one's lungs
>"I'm single, and I'd like to meet a potential MOTAS."
>Net.personals would be a place that people could read/post ads
>for the express purpose of meeting people who want to meet other people.  
>They would not have to embarrass themselves or others by expressing
>their desires to uninterested parties.

I have no strong opinions about whether personals should be in net.singles
versus another group.  However, I would like to comment on the statement,
"They would not have to embarrass themselves or others by ...."

In years past, fear of embarrassment was my strongest obstacle
to developing warm, satisfying social relations with others.
Once I was able to overcome this fear, many doors opened up for me.

	Frank Silbermann