Posted on 03/01/2006 7:09:06 AM PST by ZGuy
Thanks! We're getting married next fall. Too far off for both of us.
It was rather tempting, especially following so closely on the heels of your post(s) about getting back into the pool...
I don't know it's even a "given" that she'll be the nominee!
It is better to have been accused of love than to never have ... loved ... not loved ... been accused of love ... without ...
* my head hurts *
The reason courtship suggests no physical involvement is mostly because hormones can get in the way of good judgement. You don't want feelings to get in the way of such a big decision, is the thought. Ditto for no time spent alone.... in my case we didn't spend much time alone physically but we didn't spend much time together in person at all - we're long distance. So we spent a whole lot of time talking by phone or email.
I didn't view courtship as a set of rules we had to follow, but an attitude and a mindset. Some of the courtship suggestions, like doing things with both families, wouldn't have worked for us since we live hundreds of miles from each other and our families. Of course some people who use courtship wouldn't approve of me being out on my own in the big scary world, away from my parents. But that doesn't mean the principles and ideas are creepy/scary.
Also nothing says you have to court someone as old as your dad!
I did my homework and warned people about BOTH of them BEFORE Bill was elected to the presidency the FIRST time.
Even one of my best friends, not at all politically involved or astute, described Hillary as a haughty Ice Queen looking down upon her minions at their FIRST Inaugural Ball.
Sometimes we women really can think for ourselves. : )
Unfortunately, I know at least a half dozen women who will vote for a woman -any woman- over a man -any man- even, or in a couple cases, especially if it's her.
In our current system where neither party seems particularly interested in what the voters want, elections are decide by razor thin margins and hand counts of dangling chads.
It would only take a small percentage of wymyn to push the Whore of Babylon over the top.
Frankly that prospect terrorizes me.
Please God, no.
Unfortunately she doesn't work for God.
Ah! Then you did understand my post...
No, she's saying that women will avoid DATING Hillary. (note the topic of the thread) ;)
Not that there's anything wrong with that (dating Hillary).
It's funny how defensive "happily married" people can get :D
Yeah. I just had coffee with and old professional acquaintance, it was going great until she brought up politics. (One of us had to sooner or later).
She TOTALLY believes that Clinton was the best, most ethical president the country ever had. And as for his personal life, well all men do that!
I don't think we'll be having coffee again.
But she will be voting. *sigh*
You first...
While sexual intercourse, before marriage takes it too far one way, NO kissing or touching takes it too far the other way. My very devout and religious parents, (AND Aunts and Uncles) kissed and touched before marriage (gasp!) but they waited until marriage to go further. As they had both been dating with the goal of finding a marriage partner for a number of years, kissing and touching other boyfriends and girlfriends did not impair their judgment.
People have been kissing and touching before marriage, since the inception of this country, and it did not cloud the judgment of most of them regarding the suitability of a mate. It's the promiscuous nature of sexuality unleashed by the sexual revolution, that impairs and clouds judgment as you describe.
Two words, though:
Frost Bite.
There are some places you realllllly don't want it...
If more women were as educated regarding politics as many of us here on the forum (and for me my education well preceeded my involment here), they would think and vote more like we do.
You beat the odds, that's great. Obviously you and your spouse had enough committment to make it work. The statistics show that most who start out as you did do not make it work. Good for you. I'm happy for you; you took the risks and overcame them. Great.
I hope so.
We've got our work cut out for us.
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