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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Emily Post on "No"
Message-ID: <10178@amdcad.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 01:44:18 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 01:44:18 1986
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In article <160@lll-lcc.UUcp> bandy@lll-lcc.UUCP (Andrew Scott Beals) writes:
>
>Emily Post says that one should ask (for a date) three times (assuming
>that there is a reasonable explaination given) and then give up.
>
>She also mentions that one should be Introduced to someone that one
>would like to ask out -- a chance meeting on a bus or a train isn't
>sufficient reason...

Ha ha. What does she say about premarital sex? And what is the best
way to ask a potential partner if they have herpes? I'm not convinced
Emily Post applies to our society, though it may have been fine when
written.
-- 
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  present, and respect the past, knowing that once it was all that was
  humanly possible."

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