Dating, Waiting and Choosing a Mate
Session
I
Getting to Know You...
Is Dating the Only Way?
I. The Dating Game and How People Play It
A. Love,
American Style
1.
The System
2.
An Evaluation
Pros:
Cons:
B.
Let
Your Parents Decide
1.
The System
2.
An Evaluation
D.
Groups First, Dates Later
1.
The System
2.
An Evaluation
Pros:
"We recommend that teens spend most of their dating time on double or group dates and avoid exclusive one-on-one relationships until they are older and seriously contemplating finding a person to marry." (Why Wait?, McDowell and Day, p. 348)
''Maintaining focus is a key to success." (Bill Gates, America's most successful entrepreneur, who spent his early years almost exclusively getting Microsoft off and running)
Cons:
II.
Down
With Boring Dates!
Ideas for Creative Dating...
Summary Points:
Don't feel pushed into dating. It's okay not to date!
One-on-one dating isn't the only way, or necessarily the best way, to get to know people of the opposite sex.
America's method of mate selection isn't the only method.
If you date, consider creative dates that help you get to know each other better.