From: TURTLE              
To: SAAVIK              
Subject: SERIOUS PROBLEM
Date & Time: 04/26/91 23:36:35
Message Number 16127

>*Ding* (Ha, I finally got to ding you)
 
And it was /wonderful/...was it good for you, too?
 
Y'know, I'm rather proud of the fact that Kelly and I have already out-
lasted most of the supposedly "more committed" people in this country
who get married. I refuse to get married myself...not because I don't
respect the ideals that marriage is built on or because I don't want a
lasting relationship, but because I feel very strongly that in a society
where almost all marriages fail, marriage is meaningless. The
institution of marriage no longer has anything whatsoever to do with the
ideals of marriage, it no longer serves any function as a way to provide
a stable environment for raising children, and it no longer has any valu
as an expression of commitment or love...marriage as it exists in this
country makes me ill.