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From: tron@fluke.UUCP (Peter Barbee)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Re: Nominally single???? A voice from the past.
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Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 11:29:58 EDT
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>So I guess my question, after all this long-winded nonsense, is
>this: at what point would *you* like to be told that a new
>acquaintance is 'unavailable'?

I expect the presence of an SO would become known through normal conversation
at a fairly early time.  One of the things that I normally talk about with a 
new acquaintance is what we spend our leisure time doing.  It seems normal to
me to mention some of the people I do these things with.  At some point a
phrase such as "my girlfriend and I" or "my lover and I" is bound to come very
naturally.  If I "ask a woman out" (on a "date" rather than a shared activity)
I would expect her to tell me if she is involved in a SOship, but I can't 
remember the last time I didn't know.

Sometimes if we have mutual friends I will ask the friends if they know.

Peter B