Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!dmmartindale From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Do [wo]mens attitudes change toward you when you get engaged? Message-ID: <2136@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 13:01:11 EST Article-I.D.: watcgl.2136 Posted: Fri Feb 17 13:01:11 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 02:20:51 EST References: <6931@watmath.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 15 I think Judy has the right idea. It is easier to be open with someone when I'm not worried about them misinterpreting what I say or do. This applies in many ways - I find it easier to talk about personal things with someone who I believe will understand what I mean than with someone where I'm not sure of that, for example. When it comes to conversations and activities with someone of the alternate sex, if both people are interested just in friendship or both are interested in more than friendship and both know this, then they don't need to worry about misinterpretation. Where the kind of interest is different for both people, or the people simply don't know how the other person feels, then they may automatically be more cautious. In the case of one of the parties being engaged, this probably serves as a loud, clear, and fairly reliable signal that this person isn't interested in more than friendship with someone else.