In a converstaion concerning Mrs. Careless (??? lol)- Boswell figured
one could be as happy with any one of 50 women while Samuel Johnson
placed the number at 50,000 and did not buy the "only one" idea-
preferring the Lord Chancellor arrange matings based on character and
circumstances. I imagine similar thoughts for women though most would
deny it.

On Jun 21, 3:26 pm, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a hard time believing when someone tells me that they have
> found the one... what does it mean anyway..The one.. why does it thave
> to be one...I believe that people can and do fall in love with more
> than one person at the same time...and that is why i am opposed to
> marriage as an institution...a promise to be with each other
> forever!...I think open relationships are much better..there is no
> emotional burden...Also sexual and emotional intimacy does not always
> have to be in one single package.. i do not see adultery as something
> horrible...and i really resented the way media made an example of
> Tiger woods and his many affairs...so wat he slept with many women..
> its not like they didnt know who he was and that he was married...The
> fact that religion penetrated and dictated every aspect of individual
> lives still shows its effects...sex is something sacred and at the
> same time tabboed(although some countries have come to take liberal
> views there are still many orthodox societies)... its a natural
> instinct why make something else out of it...its like hunger..The more
> you try to regulate it the more you pervert it...the fact that
> teenagers are told to abstain should only be because of health reasons
> not because premarital sex is a sin...It was because that religion
> first dictated that homosexuality is immoral that subsequent legal
> bans on it followed.. and it is still so ingrained in society that
> most homosexuals have a hard life..only because of one aspect of their
> individuality... As for monogamy i really dont think it is a universal
> truth...i mean it was fine when the mortality rate was around 50 you
> could stick around with one.. but things are changing... And with the
> society must evolve its institutions and the values related to these
> institutions ... So after all this rambling all id like to say is that
> the society should rethink its basic elements which it takes for
> granted ...i dont mean to offend all you happily married people out
> there.. just a private opinion.. and I'd like to know wat you all
> think..

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