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IS
DATING IN THE 90'S DIFFERENT?
Dating
in the 90's is definitely different than dating in previous decades.
!NOT! Whiners complain that this is the hardest decade to meet
someone, STD's are rampant, males won't commit, there's more women
than men (more men than women), the government is falling apart,
etc., etc., etc. GIMME A BREAK! The only thing that I can see
that is different is that there are just too danged many baby
boomers. And we're becoming pretty long in the tooth. The basic
rules don't change-only the current naming convention for those
rules.
Look
at common dating obstacles, e.g. understanding women. The current
paradigm is to treat women like Venusians, in the 60's, it was
treat them like men, and before that it was treat them like women
(which is now what we refer to as Venusians). Ok, I think I get
IT-IT's all about males are DIFFERENT from females, right?
Or
how about sexually those transmitted diseases? The latest STD
now is AIDS, before that it was herpes, and before that it was
VD. Geez, it's always been use protection or go without! What
has changed here? For every new dating problem that suddenly seems
catastrophic to the 90's dating challenged, previous generations
have seen it already. Instead of concentrating on what is different,
we should be looking at what is the same, cut out the whining,
and read more Dr. Ruth.
The
worst thing about dating in the 90's has just gotta be baby boomers
abounding. What could be worse than being around a group of people
who have been through the free-loving 60's, disco 70's, merge
& make-it 80's, and are STILL looking for their perfect match?
Whether they're working on their third marriage, or still single,
it's amazing that it's always about THEM! Maybe it's because they
control the music, the market, and the money. Maybe it IS about
them.
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