Posted on 12/28/2022 6:43:39 AM PST by karpov
Parents who give their grown children a gym membership at Christmas risk a recriminatory, What are you saying, Mom? So does surprising them with offers to pay for dating coaches and matchmakers.
Two years ago, Kelli Kaku’s mother bought her the $797 online course, “Fall in Love by Christmas.” Ms. Kaku, 34 years old, was blindsided.
“I was like, ‘I’m trying!’ ” said Ms. Kaku, a seventh-grade teacher who had moved back home to Fresno, Calif., at the time. She agreed to the course, mostly because she didn’t want to waste her mom’s money.
Dating coaches say pandemic lockdowns and their long aftermath have raised parent worries that their grown children will stay single forever. That has led to a surge of interest from mothers and fathers splurging on premium dating-app subscriptions, relationship classes and one-on-one sessions with dating experts for their children, said relationship psychologist and dating coach Christie Kederian.
“Know if someone is the one for you in 5 dates!” according to an online advertisement for Dr. Kederian’s services. She consulted with Ms. Kaku and her advice was, first, to talk with her mother about maintaining personal boundaries, and, second, be more open-minded about potential partners.
A few months later, Ms. Kaku decided to take a chance on a Bumble profile she had previously passed over. It turned out to be a great match. Nobody is happier about the pair’s coming wedding than Ms. Kaku’s mother, who said she told her daughter, “See, it was totally worth the money.”
About a third of daters lean on their families for relationship advice, according to a survey of 5,000 adults conducted by dating company Match. Still, Stef Safran, a dating coach and matchmaker in Chicago, cautioned that parents need to let the dater take the lead.
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Wait. I think I saw that movie. “Failure To Launch”, co-starring the greatest quarterback in NFL history, Terry Bradshaw. IIRC, the parent’s plan didn’t work too well there, either.
In the movie “Failure to Launch”, Terry Bradshaw turned his son’s room into his naked room.
It brought closure to the idea of moving back home.
The real problem here is that most of these Snowflakes and Zeros have fallen in love with their cellphones.
A 34 year old teacher, living at home with her parents, isn’t going to get married. It’s too late. She’s hit the wall. Sorry.
I’m the contrarian in this.
Throughout history, parental consent has been required before daughters could marry.
Today, the divorce rate is 50% plus.
No further argument needed.
The chances are lower at 34 than 24, but they are not zero. Did you read the article?
‘A few months later, Ms. Kaku decided to take a chance on a Bumble profile she had previously passed over. It turned out to be a great match. Nobody is happier about the pair’s coming wedding than Ms. Kaku’s mother, who said she told her daughter, “See, it was totally worth the money.”’
These parents are desperate to have their now-adult children get married so the parents can continue to ignore how failed parents, misandry, anti-family courts, government intrusion, government debt, inflation, etc. have ruined the institution of marriage.
Well if the boys dont know what a woman is, yes I guess they do need help ...
“the greatest quarterback in NFL history”
Was Tom Brady in this movie?
Who would have guessed this would happen?????
Brett Favruh was in There’s Something About Mary.
Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, John Elway, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, and others would like a word with you...
Brett Favre will end his career with a 1.57 TD/Int Ratio.
FYI:
Aaron Rodgers, Packers
Career touchdown-to-interception ratio: 4.80 (first all-time).
My daughter is 33 and just got married. She had to wade through several losers.
On dating apps women tend to get their pick of the litter, while most men usually get passed over, ghosted, trannies, or absolute nutjobs; I speak from experience in this. I tried online dating on and off from about 2 1/2 years before I decided to walk away and work on myself.
Any advice I could give to a man pondering this path, work on your own happiness, trying to find someone when you’re already unhappy is its own hell. And stay away from the porn.
My daughter (33) and son (31) both were married within the last two months. Both met their spouses through dating apps.
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