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|    JOE MACKEY to GEORGE POPE    |
|    Love and marriage (was: 1970s music)    |
|    09 Feb 22 05:15:40    |
      TID: PX/Win v3.0pr5 PX96-0466M2       MSGID: 1:135/392 126fcf80       TZUTC: -0500        CP wrote --               > Yup, & the man willing to 'climb the highest mountain'(etc), who is desired,       but has little wealth, shows himself at least willing to sacrifice & work for       her whim/happiness.               Then the woman (speaking in broad generalities) complains he is always       working and not spending enough time with her.        Then there the women who marry a man to have a kid, then dumps the man       and wants alimony to support them. Or the man merely as a sperm donor.        And men are often the same in this disposable society, who after a while       look for an upgrade to the current model.               > Funny thing, some demonisers point to the Bible as proof that this is the       only rioght way, yet the Bible shows the exact oposite, in a daughter choosing       her husbhand, in spite of her father's stated wishes & even the father told       her suitor, "It will depend                Yep.        One can prove or disprove anything by proof-texting, picking a verse       here, another there, etc with no context.              > My wife's first born girl, who lives with the two of us has expressed her       preference that we screen anyone dshe gets seious about, as she recognizes we4       hacve experience with people that's longer than hers &, in such a matter, more       chemically & hormonally o               Sounds like a wise girl. :)               > She knows I might be bribed with enough sheep, goats, & oxen, of course!       *LOL*               And how much of a dowry do you have for her? :)        Joe       --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5        * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 www.doccyber.org bbs.docsplace.org (1:135/392)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 15/0 18/0 30/0 50/109 80/1 90/1 103/705 105/81       SEEN-BY: 106/201 116/116 120/340 123/0 25 115 126 131 160 180 200       SEEN-BY: 123/755 129/305 330 331 135/300 366 371 379 382 383 384 385       SEEN-BY: 135/388 390 391 392 153/7715 154/10 218/700 221/1 6 222/2       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 206 307 317 400 424 426 428 452 664       SEEN-BY: 229/700 240/1120 5832 250/1 261/1466 266/512 275/1000 280/464       SEEN-BY: 282/464 1038 292/854 299/6 300/4 301/0 1 101 113 123 317/3       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66 342/200 396/45 460/58 467/888       SEEN-BY: 633/280 640/1321 712/848 920/1 3634/0 12 15 24 27 50 5000/111       SEEN-BY: 5001/100 5005/49 5019/40 5020/715 846 1042 2047 4441 5054/8       SEEN-BY: 5058/104 5064/56 5083/444 5090/958       PATH: 135/392 300 3634/12 5020/1042 301/1 229/426           |
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