Hooking Up And Dating

I think the chapter in the textbook and the article accurately sum up today's hook up and dating culture. I think the most accurate part was how the article affirmed that although it may appear as if everyone is participating in casual hook ups, most people are not. The article also states that the people who are participating are simply more vocal about their hook ups because they are seeking to justify their actions and see if they are acceptable to everyone else. This is definitely true in today's culture and I have witnessed it many times. I do not agree with the anti - daters. I do not think that dating is practice for divorce. I understand where they are coming from, because while ending a relationship is much more lax than ending a marriage and sometimes that line gets blurred, you can not enter into a marriage without dating other people first, in my opinion at least. I think you have to see what else is out there before settling down to make sure that this is the person you really want to be with. I totally agree with those who justify dating and I think those are the people we need to listen to as we learn more about dating in our lives.

Love Story Frank And Dana

My parents haven taught me a lot about the importance of relationships and the importance of love. My mom always tells me not to care what other people think about my relationships; it is about me and that other person. My parents always say that they want what is best for me and that if they don’t like the man I want to marry then they will be honest with me because sometimes once can get so caught up in love that they do not always see the bad things in a person. Their love story compares with those in movies and television shows in that theirs is a more real relationship, free of all the drama that is often illustrated in the movies and television shows today. For example, many married couples in shows have a break-up worthy fight every other episode. This is not realistic and it does not occur with my parents. They do not almost get a divorce every other week! I chose the song “We’ve Only Just Begun” to describe their love story because it was their wedding song and they both love the band The Carpenters. Lyrics from this song like: “Sharing horizons that are new to us Watching the signs along the way Talkin' it over, just the two of us Workin' together day to day, together” seem to describe my parents love. They work together in life to raise their children and they also literally work together for my dad’s law firm. My mom is his accountant! They have shared many new horizons, the biggest of which being having three children which is obviously a major life change.