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From: amc@mhuxl.UUCP (COHILL)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: The "no is forever" doctrine
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Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 07:20:15 EST
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> 	Also, I find it rather interesting that I can ask a male out
> 	on a "date" (if you would call it that), and I usually don't
> 	get turned down, unless he's busy, which means I can go with
> 	him somewhere.  There seems to be this notion that if I ask a
> 	woman, it means I want to have sex.  Thus, if she is not
> 	interested in a sexual relationship, she will likely say no.
> 	This makes it hard to make female friends.  It also gives many
> 	females the impression that males are "just after sex", when
> 	in really, that's all the women THINK they are after.

YES! One of the things that frustrates me most about growing older
is that I find it is virtually impossible to make friends with
married women. The assumption is that if a married woman hangs
around with a single guy she is either cheating on her spouse or
thinking about cheating on her spouse. I blame this equally on
jealous husbands who are so insecure that they can't stand the
thought that their wife might want to spend time with someone else
occasionally, and on women who cave into to this kind of pressure
rather than being independent enough to decide for themselves who
their friends are going to be.

Best regards,
Andy Cohill
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