The Fundamental Question
I’m currently going through an audio/video/book series called “Double Your Dating” by David DeAngelo while simultaneously reading Joshua Harris’ book, “I Kissed Dating Goodbye.” This leads me to what must be the fundamental ‘dating’ question. Do I double my dating first, and then kiss it goodbye? Or do I first kiss dating goodbye and then double it? It’s a real mystery.
posted by Lauren @ Tuesday, March 14, 2006
3 Comments:
I think the real fundamental question is "Does Joshua Harris actually advocate stopping dating, or is he just re-naming it?"... not that I have an opinion one way or the other... ;)
I'd say both books are marvelously effective (I started with Joshua Harris' book :) ).
I'm reaching the conclusion that no one really knows what the word "dating" actually means, and when people have said to me, "They're not dating, they're courting," I go "Yeah, whatever." It's a word. In mathematical terms, courting is a subset of dating.
I'm only about 1/4 through the book right now, but I'd say what Harris is really against is dating for the sake of dating, or being in love for the sake of being in love (both forms of 'instantaneous gratification'), or otherwise entering into a romantic relationship that isn't moving towards, or have its sight on marriage. On that point I agree. On some others, he's off base.
uhh... yes?
Nevermind, I'm not allowed to comment on dating anymore. ;)
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