Argumentative Essay On Dating Relationships

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Dating has built-in problems, and if we continue to date according to the system as it is today, we will more likely swerve into trouble. If your relationship is founded on our culture's defective attitude and patterns for romance, even if you have good intentions, you will likely reap the consequences in your adulthood. The following points are some of the swerves dating relationships often make. 1. Dating leads to intimacy but not necessarily to commitment. What's really the point of most dating relationships? Often dating encourages intimacy for the sake of intimacy—two people getting close to each other without any real intention of making a long-term commitment. Deepening intimacy without defining a level of commitment is plainly dangerous. It's like going mountain climbing with a partner who isn't sure if he wants the responsibility of holding your rope. When you've climbed two thousand feet upon a mountain face, you don't want to have a conversation about how she feels tied down by your relationship. In the same way, many people experience deep hurt when they open themselve...

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