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To: epicure who wrote (39048)	6/3/1999 12:44:00 PM
From: Robert Douglas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Even more unnecessary would be "interpersonal relationships".

To: epicure who wrote (39048)	6/3/1999 1:37:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 108807

That's okay IF you define the term "relationship" when not otherwise modified to assume "personal relationship." But no dictionary does so that I know of. My dictionary defines a relationship simply as "a connection, association, or involvement." Indeed, businesses can have relationships. Thus, it would be hard to define the basic concept of relationship as "personal relationship." There are many possible modifiers beyond personal or professional to clarify the nature of a relationship: love-hate, transitory, busienss (as opposed from professional (I have a business relationship with my drugstore clerk, but not a professional one), intermittent, sexual (some of which I am told, though I have no experience of them, can be very impersonal), electronic (you and I have a relationship, but hardly a personal one, at least yet!) and many others. For me, the term simply means what the dictionary says -- some form of connection, association, or involvement -- and I leave it up to the person using the term to indicate, either by modifiers or by context, what the nature of the relationship is.