[Professional Engineer]

I think the courtship model is a great ideal, but it derives from a geographically-close family structure which, unfortunately, is increasingly rare today,

Mine are close. Heck, we're on the same continent!

[msdrby]

Hah! Sure, they're close, if you count 1500 miles as close. Then again, I ~am~ the one who thinks that being in the neighborhood is within a 300 miles radius.