[quote=patientrenter] The truth is that a lot of the basic trades in a typical man-woman relationship are not spoken honestly in polite company. Social conventions.[/quote]

This is true of course,but the same thing can be said of habitually single men and women,your best friends,the pecking order at work and groups like piggington’s. There are some borderline pathetic things about all of them, all of us. Not so pathetic really though… that turning a blind eye or biting ones tongue doesn’t make them acceptable enough.The relationships/structures still serve some purpose. None of us would have any friends or be capable of belonging to any group, without the proper amount of social dishonesty, displayed many different ways.