From: TURTLE              
To: SCOTT STEEL         
Subject: Relationships  
Date & Time: 04/28/91 01:45:57
Message Number 16208

T>That's not an insecurity thing, is it?
S>No. It's self-preservation... 
 
Really? Do tell.
 
T>Is sex the single most important part of a relationship? 
S>Sex is very important...[it] needs to be kept in its proper
S>perspective.
 
TRhen how is it that a sexual issue is guaranteed to destroy any
relationship with you? You claim that you will not tolerate a non-
exclusive sexual relationship, but I bet there aren't very many other
factors that are as certain to end a relationship with you, hmm? The
thing with the power to destroy something is the thing most critical
to it. Sex does, as you say, need to be kept in its proper perspective:
it is a valuable part of a relationship, but hardly the /foundation/
of a relationship. A relationship built in such a way that a sexual
issue will terminate it is a relationship built on air, you know? IMHO,
dishonesty or violation of trust ought to be better candidates for
"legitimate reasons to end a relationship" than some issue of sexual
fidelity, for God's sake!