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": "Hi. I miss the days where courtship was a big part of the beginning of relationships"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Me too!  LOVE flower, candy, going out to dinner.  ALL OF IT!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "i agree, now a days it just seems like couples rush into everything , so fast. Courtship was a time for the couple to really get to know each other before they got engaged"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I don't know that courtship always has to end in a 'relationship'.  It can just be a pleasant way to spend time with somebody you like."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "True. The couple could end up not even liking each other lol Today its called \"dating\" which is a form of courtship"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I don't think the young folks 'date'.  I think they go out in groups and then the 'hook up' if there's a spark.  It's not really 'dating' or 'courtship'."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Right. Its much different today. I remember listening to my grandma tell me how it was so romantic when she was being \"courted\" by my grandpa and how it was the tradition in her family in hopes of a marriage proposal."}, {"role": "user", "content": "In the past marriage was the sought for end for all people.  It was more of a contract made with some pretty clear eyed thought by all parties including the families."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, like when the families would arrange marriages. I cant imagine how that must of felt. To not meet my partner before the wedding. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I think in way, which most people find surprising, you do meet your partner for the first time after the wedding because expectations for marriage are so very different."}]