On 03-09-98 Peter Lutz wrote to Rita Smith... 
 
  >  away.  He had already picked up the dog's bed.  There was no 
  >  indication that they were engaged, just lovers. 
 
 RS> Ahhhh...I just "assumed", from the conversation, that they were 
 RS> engaged. 
 
 PL> Correct, the nuances and so forth indicate  a VERY serious 
 PL> relationship if not engagemnt, then very near. 
 
 At that point, we had no reason to believe that marriage was 
 important to either.  The subject never came up. 
 
 The married characters we have seen on Trek almost seem quaint 
 in that respect - and there haven't been many - so why should 
 Janeway be different? 
 
 
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