From: Raistlin@askme.net   
      
   ghost wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Omixochitl  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>>>>>Speaking of Darcy, did the ending of Bridget Jones 1 bug anyone   
   >>>>>>else? The story went really well until the last minute when   
   >>>>>>Fielding's all "Bridget's been wasting her time, should have just   
   >>>>>>let her mommy pick her boyfriend in the first place!"  Bleh.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>Hmmm, a bit like the Japanese "Omiai", semi-arranged marriages?   
   >>>>>Given sufficient desperation you could give this half a cyberpoint.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Sure, as long as they don't call the rest of us (who do pick our own   
   >>>>partners) slutty for not having 3rd parties pick our sex partners*.   
   >>>   
   >>>I wouldn't, nor do I think the Japanese think so.   
   >>   
   >>I was thinking of certain snotty individuals, not any culture en masse.   
   >   
   >   
   > It's still fairly common for middle aged men to take on misstresses in   
   > Japan and in some areas of the country the social stigma leans towards   
   > this and is "expected" to happen.   
   >   
   > I get the impression that marriage partner and sexual partner can be two   
   > very different things on occasion. I know this was true up to, and in   
   > some areas into, the Meiji period, especially for nobles. And in many   
   > cases the lover wasn't always a woman.   
   >   
   >   
   >>>>>How do you dress when you reply to this?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Oh, regular stuff.  Today's was a green t-shirt and blue jeans and   
   >>>>beige barracuda jacket and white sneakers.  :)   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>Hmm. That's all? I had expected something more drastic   
   >>>than lack of socks...   
   >>   
   >>Oh yeah, those too.  :)  I wasn't giving a complete inventory, just   
   >>mentioning the main items.   
   >   
   >   
   > what? we don't all get dressed up in leather and trenches when we get on   
   > the computers? I'm so disappointed after seeing all the cool movie   
   > people do it I thought everyone did!!   
      
      
      
   R.   
      
   > (note the sarcasm, please)   
   >   
   >   
   > ghost   
   > ~/~ Sometimes I forget to pray I'll make it through this fucking day ~/~   
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