The Unconventional

           I usually get bugged by certain questions that my parents ask me. Questions like: "When will you court someone?", "Why won't you let us help you court someone?" and so on. The thing is, I don't get it, I don't get why there is a need to publicly tell someone you love them. That there must be some sort of announcement that: Yes I am dating someone. Some might say that these kinds of things are ingrained in our society and that we cannot change it. After all, it works wonderful today to most people. But I will show you two points why it might not be the best thing to do.

  First, it makes things a little more intimate. A relationship kept between two people is a relationship that is strong. I believe that courtship isn't actually helping establish that intimacy. Because it allows other people to meddle with the affairs of the two people it makes their time with each other not theirs but other's and regarding this topic comes my second point courtship could as easily influence the couple's decisions and thus makes their interaction with each other not only limited by what the other people want to see but also what other people want them to feel.

Lastly, courtship forces the people to acknowledge what they have in cold, hard reality. This might be preference but it might be as well considered as something that most people might be facing. As courtship removes the fantasy that we have when we first met that special someone. Courtship creates this strong aura around the two people that somehow, they must face the reality that they will have. Putting in hand the practical things and whatnot.

In the end, these are points made by someone unconventional. As I firmly believe that in order for you to express romantic love with someone, you need not to court that person, publicly. It is enough for things such as these to remain private and thus not removing the intimacy and the fantasy of love between two people.

 (Group 3) ; SS10 Z

Nunez, Vanessa Janine R.
Red, Ramces Brayalle T.
Ojos, Glassyl R.
Calip, Kaye Paula Ara M.