riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Forwarded for "Jonathan") (04/18/84)
[Message forwarded for "Jonathan"] I'm curious as to whether anyone out there is involved in a friendship marriage [a marriage in which the two people (of either sex) are together because of their friendship primarily, with sex being de-emphasized or absent]. If so, how did you rationalize doing it? Were you ever exposed to one previous to your own? Is it working? "Jonathan" c/o {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle
pso@utastro.UUCP (P Samuel Odoms) (05/01/84)
I would think that any marriage setup at the outset as only a 'friendship marriage' could never really work. The necessary closeness (physical, mental, emotional, etc.) would probably not exist. Without closeness, how could you continue to live with the same person day in and day out for years? In a related (?) topic, I once know a man (homosexual) who married this woman (homosexual) LEGALLY just so they could be considered more legitimate in this world (they have never seen each other since - or at least since the last time I saw him). Is this unusual or what? Sam