Quote:That's a very good question. My impression (though I've only lived there for 2...3 years) is that these kinds of relations are at the same time more formalized and more pragmatic than in Europe. There is something like a rough industry standard of how couples initially meet, encapsulated in the concept "date". There is a standardized idea how dates usually go and how quickly they progress concerning intimacy, what with which things are appropriate on a first, second, third date. While this varies in particular depending on age of those involved, it does not seem to be arbitrary.I've noticed that in series like HIMYM or American comedy/drama romantic movies. It always sounded weird - What does non exclusive and exclusive mean?
There are non-exclusive and exclusive variants, and initially dating is often non-exclusive. Much of these things have been captured in their cliché varieties in American pop culture such as Movies and TV Series and music.
All of this is very alien to me, and barely any (none of the more stable) of my relationships have started like this.
Quote:Where are you from? Where I live it's the same.Portugal. I think all romantic languages deriving from latin have a word variant to describe the bonding relationship between a boyfriend and girlfriend, or boyfriend with boyfriend, or girlfriend with girlfriend (gay relationships) - Dunno if in other anglo-saxon languages like German that word exists, or even in asian languages - Japanese, Mandarin, Korean or even Russian
Quote:Here's the thing: If you want to be a bit in your face like that, do it - but try to be charming about it, you know - with a sense of humor. You might even end up with a Christian woman who is having fun verbally sparring with you and teasing you about your atheism. Such a thing could have potential.I doubt it. But I accept the "advice". It is not only a problem with religion, but there's also the issue of misogynistic content in religion - For that reason I see no point in dating someone who is part of a cult that devalues them based on sex... It's just, a turn off... I have trouble dating people with extremely different ideologies from mine because I am very opinionated, but in contrast when I find such person I am extremely happy.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you