[Polybius]

In it, the article pointed out that marriages were much more likely to survive if the couple hadn't dated as much. In other words, a persons marriage was more likely to fail the more partners they'd had prior to their marriage.

Maybe I am showing my age and Catholic upbringing but are we talking about "dating" or are we talking about sexual "partners"?

There used to be a time in America when "I dated Mary last week" did not mean "I slept with Mary last week".

[kitkat]

I’m glad you said that because it’s just what I was thinking.

It’s pitiful when dating means the same thing as sex.

[RecoveringPaulisto]

Most of the people who go to my church are opposed to dating. All of those who do assume that dating equals sex. Pre-marital sex is what has the potential to damage future marriage relationships, even if the pre-marital sex was between the future husband and wife. Many in my church’s solution to this problem is to breathe down the neck of courting couples, which I think is a tad ridiculous.

[Melas]

Yep, that photo is about the last time dating and sex weren’t synonymous.

[decisis]

Does anybody know why Judy Garland is like some patron saint for gays? I just wondered if there was something specific about her that makes them all gaga.