Do you still believe in courtship?

Philippines
October 8, 2009 10:30pm CST
So many people now say that we have grown so fast and adopted the lifestyle of people in the modern world that even practices from the past have been ignored in some places. We have grown so liberated that people have started to go on dating and suddenly settling with a person they sometimes not know so much. I personally would want to marry someone who I know so well and have known for so long, someone who have courted me the old fashioned way to be sure of his clean intentions and not just his other malicious intentions. But as I grow older, I have observed that courtship has been ignored by many, many don't believe it anymore, are you one of them?
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9 responses
@aceduave (61)
9 Oct 09
Courtship stage is one the most exciting part in a building-relationship. This way the girl feels the importance and feelings of the guy. But do you know that not all courtship has good intentions? As a man, I still believe in genuity of the guy's feeling rather than courting. I mean, I guy can show you how he feels even he is not courting. I know it sounds confusing but guys like me out there can understand what I mean. If you say courtship could tell you how real the guy's feeling for you is, not all my friend. Because same as the looks, as they say it could be deceiving...so be careful..
• Philippines
10 Oct 09
i would have to agree with you that not thru courtship that you would see the real intentions because one can just put his best foot forward. It's not that i am not into courtship anymore but it has both cons and pros as well.
@jugsjugs (12967)
16 Oct 09
To be honest if a few more people were to court their partners then perhaps there would be alot less people getting a divorce.There are alot of people getting engaged after just a few weeks and then they were getting married a year later.I think that is way too soon for that to happen as you never know a person until you have lived with them for a few years.
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
11 Oct 09
I am one of those who still think that courting is very important. Its one way to get to get acquainted with those who are interested. Of course, the girls get to choose while the guys would compete with each other. Somehow, that's amusing in some way. After courting, its another venture of getting to know each other better, dating. Even though that they might be dating, its not a sure way to say that they woudl end up with each other. The guy must keep a good performance as well as the girl too. Yeah, that sort of 'culture' seemed to have changed but, it is still there, just in a different way perhaps. (-_- )
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
10 Oct 09
My husband and I joke that we dated for a week or two weeks, he proposed and I moved in with him. The truth is that while that happened, it wasn't too avoid dating, it was because we fell in love with each other. We waited two years to get married though, so we know each other very well. I think that people should be aware of who they are potentially going to be marry, but that that does not mean that they must date for any given length of time. With that being said, I don't understand why some will date others for a month and then marry... I think that one could spend time together, live together with another person without actually dating, and I guess live as if they were already married.... My husband and I lived together for two years, so when we did marry we didn't feel any change... Just rings and a last name change...
@larish (2213)
• Philippines
10 Oct 09
Yes, I still believe in the process of courtship. It is where two people will try to find out if they are compatible or not. It is also nice to know that you go out with someone without compromising yourself. What I mean on this is that since the guy is still courting,an understanding that the two dating can or cannot be girlfriends/boyfriends in the future. The good thing about courtship for girls is that they can entertain a lot of suitors and can pick the best one among them.
• China
11 Oct 09
I think the lenghth of courtship is very important for marriage. Some scientific research has showed that if new lovers get married soon after they meet with each other then it is very possible that they end up with breaking up with each other. While if two lovers have been in a romantic relationship for a long time( more than 3 years), then the longer their courtship had gone on ,the eaier they will break up. The properest lenghth of courtship is 2.4 years. I think this research outcome is believable. I have see with my on eyes, many people get married in a hurry after they meet with each other, especially in China, (even today we still have blind date tradition in some place). Their marriage are usually very bad. I think courtship will help lovers to understand each other more which is very crucial to a successful marriage.
@jlamela (4898)
• Philippines
10 Oct 09
In the Philippines, courtship is very important because it is part of our tradition. We never "assumed" right away of anything because we still believe in courtship. Whatever the preferences of other people, it is still in courtship period that we try to reassess the right motive of a guy. I still believe on that.
• United Arab Emirates
10 Oct 09
court ship is not meter when you have good understanding. just meter understanding when you have good relationship each other then arrange and court ship is not meter. simply i want to say about me i fall her love to previous 5 years but no when time of her marriage come, her family avoid me decide to marriage with other person who do not meet with her in single time so we decide to court ship here we have good understanding and good relation now the situation allow us for court ship.
@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
9 Oct 09
Courtship is still part my our culture here in the Philippines. Its a good way to getting know a persons character and breedings. Sometimes courtship can be related to best friends, as many people fell in-love by just getting along with each other more often. Friendship I think is form of courtship. Just my taught.