Tag: dating
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deep dive dating survey, part 3
This week, I am publishing three questions posed for my survey by mom friends about their own kids. A few of the young adult respondents thought that these questions were coming directly from me and answered specifically about my son’s dating life – but most responded about their own experiences. Because the survey was anonymous,…
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deep dive dating survey: insights from 20-somethings, part 2
Here is the second set of responses from my eight question informal survey about dating in your 20’s right now. Consistent with my last post, I have bolded each question and then portions of answers that I thought were the most revealing. The first question was inspired by a friend who told me that her…
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deep dive dating survey: insights from 20-somethings
A few months ago, I started a really fun project inspired by the frequent conversations I have with my friends. We, as moms of 20–somethings, are often discussing dating norms and comparing them to when we were navigating the same challenges in the 1980’s/1990’s and early 2000’s. Because my kids do not seem to enjoy…
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dating games: my son’s response
A number of weeks ago, my mom gave some lovely dating advice from her and some of her friends, which I truly enjoyed (see “dating games“). In response, I figured that I might shock you with the reality of college dating, which is centered around dating apps. The following is some insight into the lives…
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dating games
We just got back from dropping our kids off at college where it looks like they may both have a mostly “normal” year, including in person classes, sports and parties. In anticipation of them starting school, I began thinking about imparting some of my valuable college dating advice. I considered writing it down and giving…
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the year of the throuple
I’m calling it right now. 2020 is the year of the “throuple”! What’s a throuple? I am happy to tell you. Throuple is the convenient term for three partners in a polyamorous relationship. It could be three women, three men, two women and one man, two men and one woman or any combination of people…
Do I have chalk on my face? by Denise Geschke 