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Values and Expectations of Dating in Different Generations
People want to date because they see that everyone else is dating and they think they’re happy in a relationship. Or they are just very lonely and feel they need to have someone by there side to comfort them and make them happy. In my grandparents generation the couples were faithful and most likely would marry their first true love. There generation came with a lot of responsibilities and rules concerning being with another person. Basically my grandparents and previously generations is where true love began. In my parents generation things where a bit different they didn’t have to follow so much rules. They could get away with a lot of more things basically hey had more freedom when coming to dating. In my generation we can say things have gotten a little out of hand people tend to date the same person and they truly don’t find a connection with there partner. We can say my generation has came down to dating whoever just to say your in a relationship with someone. There is a major difference in how past generations viewed relationships compared to now
In my grandparent’s generation, my grandfather first laid eyes on my grandmother while horse back riding. My grandmother was picking corn at her father’s cornfield near my great grandfather’s ranch. My grandfather couldn’t believe that he had seen such a beautiful girl he said it felt like a dream and he had to make my grandmother his. My grandfather could not resist the fact that he couldn’t take his horses out to walk everyday so he began to make lies up that the horses needed to be rode more. My grandfather would ride past my grandmother’s cornfield and wait just so he could catch a glimpse of her. After seeing her there my grandfather went to his parents house to ask her on a date, but before he could take her out my grandfather had to get permission from her parents. They were both really young at that time, with permission towards the relationship my grandfather and grandmother fell in love shortly after.

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