19th September 2005, 8:18 PM
Again, it seems to me the "platinum rule" of going by whatever your partner thinks is unacceptable seems to work best. EM, I did just explain how to deal with situations where the rules they have are too strict. If they ARE too strict, you have to talk to them about it or break up. That's all there is to it.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)