Week Five

This week was an interesting week, we talked about dating, falling in love, and selecting a life partner. All though we did not cover everything in detail. we did talk a lot about dating and all the different functions of dating. So as a class we came up with a "definition" of dating, we decided that dating is exclusive and pairing up, very specific with romantic intentions. I really enjoyed President Oaks statement on dating; planned, paid, and paired off. We spent a big part on talking about attraction, Brother Winfree gave us 4 laws of attraction proximity, similarities, physical attraction, and familiarity. These things are all important to have when developing a relationship they are needed.

Also we talked about how their is a difference between dating and hanging out and hooking up. I agree with this and how important it is to know the difference between each of these things. But I also think that hanging out is not necessarily a bad thing, it provides opportunity to meet people, hanging out is a prerequisite to dating and you should be hanging out to date. This helps you get to truly know who the person is and be friends first. I met my husband in a group situation and I defiantly was not looking for any relationship. We hung out for a while then a half a year latter we went on a date and the rest is history. I am so glad that we had that time to be friends first cause I saw him for who he is and I really got to know him in various different situations. Which helps us now as we are married in many different ways.