The ever-profitable dating industrial complex.
I got this in my in box today. When did dating become such a battlefield? When did it become a strategy game? When did it become such a mystery? When did it become an INDUSTRY?
Is the online dating scene and all of the workshops, singles parties and the myriad of consultants and matchmakers really necessary? Or is it just another way that even the most sacred, basic, simple things in our lives (like love and sex) have been warped into an industry that people can profit off of?
Personally, I just long for the days when I was a teenager and we were fresh, innocent, and blissfully unaware of the "games". When it was just about hanging out because you liked someone and thought they were cute. I think if we could step back and forget all the fear, games, strategies and mistrust, maybe, just maybe, we could fall in love with each other again.
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Feeling less than powerful?
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Tired of the "games?"
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2 comments:
Sigh. Instead of trying so hard to date correctly, I think it would be a much better use of people's time to just live their lives joyfully. Joy attracts joy. And teaching all these rules for dating, while pragmatic, only serves to make people feel like they've screwed up when they go with their gut (but against the rules).
I agree. Back to teenagedom and just having fun.
Eh, I think businesses arise to meet needs. They wouldn't exist if someone wasn't willing to pay, so I'm not sure the way they profit off us is any more objectionable than the way a psychologist, career counselor, personal coach, or what have you does it. However, what really infuriates me is when I see those relationship courses that purport to tell people how to better take advantage of each other. Like the type whose headlines say, "Guys, we'll show you the ten things you need to do to get any woman into bed" or, "Ladies, here's how to chase him till he catches you." I hate businesses built on helping people screw each other over! :(
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