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Monday, March 26, 2007

More Boundless...

In the vein of "you need to know where you came from to know where you're going..." I thought this merited its own call-out:

A Brief History of Courtship and Dating in America: Part 1 and Part 2.

I thought they were good reads and I'm interested in checking out the related Mars Hill Audio he sites.

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posted by David @ 8:20 AM  

4 Comments:

  • At 6:46 AM, March 27, 2007, Blogger Marianne said…

    Okay, I'll bite.
    I've read these articles. I've seen countless "Andy Hardy" and Gidgit movies. I read Laura Ingles Wilder as a child. I know where we've been. That's a big part of my problem. I love the boundaries of old-fashioned etiquette and social customs. For crying out loud, I tip my facialist, always extend my hand first to shake a man's hand, and stand when being introduced to someone. I know the correct order of courses in a seven course meal!
    So...where are we going? For those of us hoping to find love before arthritis, holding zealously to bygone manners will probably just leave us home alone every weekend.
    Should we young ladies shun the company of young men at all times unless it is intentional? I don't know...I kind of want to have my cake and eat it, too. I love hanging out with my guy friends...but a series of bowling nights and scrabble competitions isn't getting me closer to a grown-up relationship.
    Can we declare the "group date" dead?
    You know, my mom in her role as the Chastity Speaker had all of these helpful "relationship guides," and in nearly every one the firsts step is "Get to Know each Other in a Group." Does that only work for high schoolers? Why are we "grownups" so shy of risking the group dynamic for something more with an individual member?

    Okay, I'm done producing questions. It gets to be a habit when you teach...

     

  • At 6:51 AM, March 27, 2007, Blogger Marianne said…

    Oh, and to sjarvis, please post a few comments under a consistent name. And like someone recently said, be careful about posting your ACTUAL email address. rather do something like sjarvisATgmailDOTcom, so that spam machines (which sound very creepy to me) don't pick it up. Once you've done that, shoot us another request to be a contributor.

     

  • At 3:53 PM, March 27, 2007, Blogger Sam said…

    sjarvis24ATyahooDOTcom

    So how exactly do I become a contributor? I'm new to this whole blogosphere.

     

  • At 6:47 PM, March 27, 2007, Blogger David said…

    A) Who knows?
    B) Probably not, no.
    C) Yes.
    D) For the most part, yes.
    E) I think with grown-ups its the big unspoken that we all are there and on at least some level looking to form an exclusive relationship with one person of the opposite sex. Consider the high schoolers I work with - they are for the most part all very comfortable with each other (gender regardless). They don't have that added pressure that grown-ups have - that "I'm at the age I should be thinking about settling down with one of you..." thing.

    As I started typing this response, the mp3 player dialed up Road to Nowhere from the Talking Heads. If you know the song, you get the irony.

     

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