We have all seen those cartoons where an unsuspecting man and woman are walking along, minding their own business, when suddenly an air born Cupid does a quick fly by and shoots both of the poor saps with drugged arrows. With one glance, the pair of them are forever more hopelessly and slobberingly smitten with one another. Truth is, happily ever afters are not the result of chubby cherubim sticking folks with sharp flying objects.
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Back in the old days of courtship, there were relatively clear steps in the formation of a long term committed relationship. Both parties entered the relationship knowing that it was a build up to marriage, and had a strong motivation to grow, maintain, strengthen and deepen the relationship. Courtship provided the space and time for a young man and woman to share thoughts, feelings and experiences with complete trust, honesty, respect, and fairness and to explore, learn from each other and nurture each other into mature adults.
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