Re: OT: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug," etc.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan McLeay" <kesuari@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly
Mug," etc.


> Jan van Steenbergen wrote:
>
> >Sometimes, depending on the situation, I call here "wife". Not that we
are
> >married yet - we know each other more than nine years now, but only now
we have
> >to possibility to get married -
> >
> You mean 'we've known each other (for) more than nine years now, but
> only now have we (got to|began discussing) the possibility of getting
> married'.
>
> >but sometimes it is just easier to avoid trouble.
> >
> (My personal opinion: if you want children, get married then. If you
> don't want children, don't get married. Marriage doesn't have many
> advantages over defacto relationships anymore, at least here (Victoria,
> Australia) (and defactos have the obvious advantage that you don't need
> exactly one woman and one man).)
Ah, but you don't factor in religion here.  I don't know if Jan's religious,
but that's still a factor for many people.

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