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I'm 32, and this article definitely rings true for me. A lot of the people I know my age and younger are more into hooking up than dating. I also agree that it's great for guys but not so much for the ladies. Young guys and gals are more pals and drinking buddies than romantic partners. I know a guy (24 I think?) who is married, and he actually calls his wife "dude." Young couples look like just a couple of "dudes" having fun who sleep with each other at the end of the night. Again, a paradise for most young guys, but I don't think it's great for the ladies. I wonder what is going to become of the women I know in thier mid 20s who are into this hook up culture. They think they are desirable because lots of guys sleep with them, but what they don't realize is that behind their backs, the guys who are sleeping with them say they would NEVER marry them even though they (the guys) think they're cool and fun to be with. I have a six year old daughter, and I hope hooking up blows over before she goes to college.
I don't think the article is bs at all, alot of men nowadays don't even know how to date/court someone and it's because we live in a microwave era where our expectations are so low. It's like f*ck now, ask for a relationship later.
WestCobb, +1 to you. Pairing up is a rare thing at my school (a med school), while everyone else is playing musical asses.
I just got through with an off-on thing that started last spring. At first, we went on a couple of dates. Then the girl screened my calls to head out and only called late at night for me to come over and "watch a movie". Since I'm christian, I'd leave after the movie was over. Eventually it all came to a fold on my birthday, the girl gave me no gift, I didn't mess with her, and I told her why. She said she had to rethink things.
After the summer, we started heading back out, going to a bar for drinks and pool. I tried to kiss her goodnight, and she threw me out the door. I'm assuming she really liked me, but is too scared to fall in love.
So she was willing to sleep with me, but not get intimate. Truly these times have it all supercoiled.
The study on the Child Trends site, that the columnist is referring to, states the following:
The percentage of 12th grade students who report dating frequently has declined steadily since 2001, reaching a new low in 2006 of 24 percent.
Columnists, trying to generate hits, are experts at "spinning" studies like this. He basically came to his own conclusions, with the aid of a couple of other people that he consulted. READ this stuff people, before you take it as gospel.
Columnists, trying to generate hits, are experts at "spinning" studies like this. He basically came to his own conclusions, with the aid of a couple of other people that he consulted. READ this stuff people, before you take it as gospel.
The purpose of such "studies" and articles is not so much to report what IS happening as it is to invoke what the think tanks behind the corrupted media WANT TO HAPPEN. Propaganda works in every area.
I still think there is something to this. Young women seem way more into casual sex than they were even ten years ago. Again, cool for guys -- but I wonder at what costs to females?
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The study on the Child Trends site, that the columnist is referring to, states the following:
The percentage of 12th grade students who report dating frequently has declined steadily since 2001, reaching a new low in 2006 of 24 percent.
Columnists, trying to generate hits, are experts at "spinning" studies like this. He basically came to his own conclusions, with the aid of a couple of other people that he consulted. READ this stuff people, before you take it as gospel.
Don't you think that guys will also be deprived of a quality relationship if all they wish to do is hang out at bars and then have sexual activity? The lady isn't the only one missing out. They are both selling themselves short.
Some sub cultures in our society have regressed to have and expect cave-people type relationships.
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I still think there is something to this. Young women seem way more into casual sex than they were even ten years ago. Again, cool for guys -- but I wonder at what costs to females?
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Columnists, trying to generate hits, are experts at "spinning" studies like this. He basically came to his own conclusions, with the aid of a couple of other people that he consulted. READ this stuff people, before you take it as gospel. 
