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jessicado wrote:That's cuz we're so cute and cuddly......
Really?
Bmuntz wrote:The topic hasn't really come up with me and my parents so I just asked my dad. He said when I could afford it I could. And looking at my wallet...its going to be a while."
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I saw the thread entitled, "Dating." For some reason, the topic below immediately caught my eye. "Stupid things."
mellow wrote:dont think my parents care.
I hope that's not true, but that's for a whole 'nother discussion.
beka8910 wrote:My parents say I'm not aloud to date until I'm 16(not a big deal for me) but some of my friends think its stupid.
I'm not in agreement with those who say it's stupid.
beka8910 wrote:I was just wondering if anyone else had a certain age they had to be before they could date.
My parents say 16, of when you're mature enough. With me, they never worried about it too much (b/c I was mature enough in their eyes and I didn't want to date). Though my siblings are another story. My brother went behind my parent's backs and wound up dating three different girls at the same time. The chips sure wound up hitting the fan on that one.
Jonathan wrote:
My parents say 16, of when you're mature enough. With me, they never worried about it too much (b/c I was mature enough in their eyes and I didn't want to date). Though my siblings are another story. My brother went behind my parent's backs and wound up dating three different girls at the same time. The chips sure wound up hitting the fan on that one.
Jonathan wrote:
My parents say 16, of when you're mature enough. With me, they never worried about it too much (b/c I was mature enough in their eyes and I didn't want to date). Though my siblings are another story. My brother went behind my parent's backs and wound up dating three different girls at the same time. The chips sure wound up hitting the fan on that one.
Jonathan wrote:
My parents say 16, of when you're mature enough. With me, they never worried about it too much (b/c I was mature enough in their eyes and I didn't want to date). Though my siblings are another story. My brother went behind my parent's backs and wound up dating three different girls at the same time. The chips sure wound up hitting the fan on that one.
Jonathan wrote:
My parents say 16, of when you're mature enough. With me, they never worried about it too much (b/c I was mature enough in their eyes and I didn't want to date). Though my siblings are another story. My brother went behind my parent's backs and wound up dating three different girls at the same time. The chips sure wound up hitting the fan on that one.
Did he have a date with all three of them on one night, and have to make up excuses to leave the table so he could run and change clothes and go to another table with another girl... then spill water on himself so he had to leave again and run to the next one, etc?
The Top Crusader wrote:Did he have a date with all three of them on one night, and have to make up excuses to leave the table so he could run and change clothes and go to another table with another girl... then spill water on himself so he had to leave again and run to the next one, etc?
Now, Top, you shouldn't make light of such things.
:: runs off to . . . ::
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Bmuntz wrote:The topic hasn't really come up with me and my parents so I just asked my dad. He said when I could afford it I could. And looking at my wallet...its going to be a while.
LOL!
I don't want to date until I'm ready to get married.
I find it quite disturbing, my good chaps (and chapesses) that parents wouldn't care about their children's approach to marriage. I am also concerned about this paradigm that one must reach a certain age before "dating." In my humble view, dating is never appropriate except betwixt man and wife. Why you may ask? Simple--modern dating is nothing more than recreational emotional attachments prior to marriage. In other words, it trains young men and women to be accustomed to come and go as they please in a relationship. They are training themselves for divorce later on down the road. (Not that I think divorce will happen every time, but dating makes it much more prevalent.)
A similiar mammoth dating thread was posted at TownHall, and here are some more thoughts that I have about dating and courtship.
Disclaimer: I do not want to offend anyone who has dated, is dating, or is planning to date; I merely wish to express my views on the subject--which happen to be quite conservative--and provide some food for thought.
Dr. Watson wrote:I find it quite disturbing, my good chaps (and chapesses) that parents wouldn't care about their children's approach to marriage. I am also concerned about this paradigm that one must reach a certain age before "dating." In my humble view, dating is never appropriate except betwixt man and wife. Why you may ask? Simple--modern dating is nothing more than recreational emotional attachments prior to marriage. In other words, it trains young men and women to be accustomed to come and go as they please in a relationship. They are training themselves for divorce later on down the road. (Not that I think divorce will happen every time, but dating makes it much more prevalent.)
A similiar mammoth dating thread was posted at TownHall, and here are some more thoughts that I have about dating and courtship.
Disclaimer: I do not want to offend anyone who has dated, is dating, or is planning to date; I merely wish to express my views on the subject--which happen to be quite conservative, and provide some food for thought.
Cheerio and good evening,
Doctor Watson
Agreed. My "dates" would be a far cry from what many teens do now. More of a courtship. Going to an icecream shop for a cone or something.
I must agree with Watson mostly. Modern dating is simply foolish, in my opinion, especially in Jr. High and the early years of high school. Jr. Highers who date are only fooling themselves, it's practicaly a fact that those relationships are bound to break up in less than a month.
Dating should be taken seriousley, and I hope with all my heart the first girl I start dating will be my wife. I plan on praying for the right one, not following my feelings and going out with every pretty girl I run in to. And Lord willing, he will bring me and my future bride together.
You see, many people confuse love with romance. Romance accompanieslove, but should never be the basis for it. Those butterflies you get in your stomache when you see that certain someone is not love, it is romace. Love is a true caring and willingness to give up your own interests for someone else. Love is what Christ has for us. I think we should focus on the love now, and the romance after we are married.
Yes I wrote it.
You know, I kind of wish we had an Impolite Company here, I rather miss using my brain and discussing matters and such. Believe it or not I was invoved a bit in that over at the TH.
Not debate Mellow, discuss. We are to love the Lord God with all out heart, soul, and mind. Why shouldn't we be able to discuss matters of the Christian life?
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