Remedial Dating for the Chronologically Challenged

Remedial Dating for the Chronologically Challenged

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Remedial Dating for the Chronologically Challenged


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Gr8Guyn2008 is offline Gr8Guyn2008 Post #1  September 20,2010, 4:37pm
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Didn't know how to or would do those things when I was 16. 
 
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chimerical is offline chimerical Post #2  September 20,2010, 4:55pm
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Another great eHA article...
 
I'm young enough to actually be annoyed by this one, too.
 
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annother is offline annother Post #3  September 20,2010, 5:17pm
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I actually think this is good advice. I have (had?) forgotten how to flirt. I need to learn it all over again, but now with added insight.
 
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annother wrote :
I actually think this is good advice. I have (had?) forgotten how to flirt. I need to learn it all over again, but now with added insight.
It's good except in that it implies that all youths are happy, flirtatious, carefree, etc.

Annoying to those of us who weren't. But, good advice to learn from those who are, I suppose (regardless of age).
 
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I cleaned up this thread to get it back on topic. Please keep it on topic! Thanks!
 
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I found dating in my fifties much more fun than when I was a teenager or even in college. Since I am less serious now than I was then, the article applies more to me now than it did then. Certainly, these ideas are not a "one size fits all" however.
 
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I believe all age groups can learn from each other. Of course!

I'm sure the wording of this article was intended to be fun and playful. I thought it sounded rather condescending toward this age group, however.

"Remedial dating?" Should we presume these folks have already flunked dating ?
"Chronologically Challenged???" Oh my! Where do I begin? Just go ahead and say that they're TOO OLD !!!

How about "Life begins at Fifty (or sixty or seventy... .) All through our life we encounter new beginnings of some sort or another. All of us, at all ages. There are pros and cons for every stage of life. Let's celebrate the pluses. It's easy to be all to aware of the minuses.
 
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Well said, jsbach!
 
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Nice article. My ex liked me for being delightful and dancing around. He was more serious and moral. He eventually ended the relationship with moral terms even though I thought we could have more fun together.
I think it fun to be a little silly when being in love. I liked making him embarrassed by telling him how cute, adorable, and pure I think he was, wooing him like the hottest guy in the world, and having childlike fun comparing our hands, noses, arms, and eyes and feeling how they differed. He eventually became silly enough to give me a little house tour, "this is kitchen," "this is living room," holding me in his arms. I also touched his ear and neck to "test his focus" while driving. This kind of silly playfulness was fun. He also did not hesitate public display of affection, which annoyed others.

I do not think I am alone in it. I heard from a girl friend that her successful, handsome, "cool" boyfriend showed extremely silly playfulness, too. He would "deliver" himself as a "present" to her (she somehow gossiped it to me).
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I like this article, it makes being young sound so much more exiting then it seems most of the time. I'm one of these youngsters but I should probably remember to use these before I get wiser and more patient. I'd recommend anyone and everyone to always remember that dating it fun. People love to be around exuberant people, I mean look at all those (badly produced) romantic comedies, the people are always fun and full of life, why would we make such movies if we weren't attracted to that image.
 
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