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Post by citylights on Jan 7, 2015 7:04:10 GMT -5
We were chatting about dating the other day, & it caused me to think about y'all last night when my daughter's date came to pick her up last night.
This is my 22 yr old. She's quite picky. Always has been. Only will date a christian. Non smoker, non party-ER, etc. At this age, a lot if kids are bar hopping & doing things that we wish they would not.
Anyway .... She tried the "dating site" a while back & wasn't overly impressed. I was surprised that she gave if another try. She's been talking to someone a couple of weeks now. After learning that they had mutual Facebook friends, she decided to meet this guy. He is 25.
Rather than meet someplace, he wanted to come here to pick her up. If not for the mutuality of friendships on FB, not sure we'd have encouraged that but oh how pleased we were! Nice guy, too. Anxious to see how this goes.
What says you about your young adult childrens dating habits?
He was here when he said he would be here. Sat & talked to dh & me for a good 20 min before they left. Then he came in after the date for a while, too. We like him. He told dd that he likes us, too. The question now is .... Will they like each other?
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Kinsa
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Post by Kinsa on Jan 7, 2015 14:16:19 GMT -5
I just read this morning that 1/4 of all marriages today start off through a dating site.
My divorcee sister is dating a guy right now that she met through a dating site. He's 45 and a surgical assistant. I really, REALLY hope it works out for her, because her track record with men is really... well, let's just say she hasn't had the greatest of luck.
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Post by citylights on Jan 7, 2015 15:12:00 GMT -5
Dating sites are certainly more popular these days, for sure.
While I'm not entirely comfortable with it, I do think that it opens up a lot of possibilities that otherwise would not be there. Dd#2 met a super nice guy on the site last summer, and while they dated for a while, it wasn't the best match for dd & she told me "never again."
..... she's had a change of heart. I suppose, at the urging of her friends + some loneliness on her end.
I have a friend of mine who met her husband from the classified section of the newspaper. They've been married 27 yrs. Same situation with another friend, and they've been married for 20.
Two of my nieces met their husbands this way. Both are professional men. Yay for them!
So far, this guy that dd is "dating," what we know of him is good. It also helps that dd#1's best friend is a good friend of his (but not interested in him). Once dd#2 found this out, it helped her to say "yes" to meeting him in person.
Until we met this guy, we only "knew of" his family. Very upstanding in our community. So far, I'm taking that as a good sign. It's hard (sometimes) watching our kids sift thru relational prospects.
On the other hand, I admit, it is FUN to see how the two come together & relate to each other. We really liked the other guy of this summer .... but for dd, it just wasn't the right "click."
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mdebbie
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Post by mdebbie on Jan 7, 2015 15:26:57 GMT -5
I know 4 couples quite well who met online. They all appear to have great godly marriages. I think it is a great thing
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