i fell in love this summer.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Courtship is the period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage, or establishment of an agreed relationship of a more enduring kind. During courtship, a couple get to know each other and decide if there will be an engagement or other such agreement. A courtship may be an informal and private matter between two people or may be a public affair, or a formal arrangement with family approval. Traditionally, in the case of a formal engagement, it has been perceived that it is the role of a male to actively \"court\" or \"woo\" a female, thus encouraging her to understand him and her receptiveness to a proposal of marriage. The average duration of courtship varies considerably throughout the world. Furthermore, there is vast individual variation between couples. Courtship may be completely omitted, as in cases of some arranged marriages where the couple do not meet before the wedding. In the United Kingdom, a poll of 3,000 engaged or married couples resulted in an average duration between first meeting and accepted proposal of marriage of 2 years and 11 months, with the women feeling ready to accept at an average of 2 years and 7 months. Regarding duration between proposal and wedding, the UK poll above gave an average of 2 years and 3 months.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "What do you feel about the more formal courtship instead of dating? It precedes a marriage and engagement but you are dating with an expectation of marriage"}, {"role": "user", "content": "It sounds old fashion and doesn't seem like its your choice. I also think a lot rich people do that."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is a bit old fashioned.  I am not sure if its rich people or more religious people that do it.  I believe you have the courtship period where they get to know each other with strict rules in place and then decide if they want the engagement"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, I didnt' know the rules were that strict, so I take it no love making is allowed."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "LOL..I think maybe they set rules in place from I understand of what is allowed and not allowed ahead of time. Courtship can sometimes be just between the couple or it can be shared b/t the entire family and everyone is involved in the process"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Interesting, I guess its to weed out the bad apples but it feels like the family has more control than the son or daughter in the courtship."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That is probably some of it. they want them to just get to know each other and for the male to actively court or  \"woo\" the female that way they understand each other in a different way and can accept or not accept his proposal better I suppose"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Does offering the family gifts improve ones chances of a successful courtship and seal approval from the family ?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Now that would be weird wouldn't it?  I am not sure if maybe in different parts of the world it might.  I know that courtships differ and durations differ considerably around the world"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I remember reading in India, some guys offer the father farm animals to court his daughter. "}]