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Singles going steady
To avoid marrying a jerk, singles educators say you should stay out of bed on the first date and cross-examine your partner. Critics say their advice is hokum.
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards [2006-03-07]

  • 37, single, cautious--disappointed

    I think getting to know someone before jumping in the sack is a good idea. Physical intimacy has a powerful influence on what you think about someone. I think it’d be nice if other people didn’t have to go through a divorce to figure out this might be a good idea. Everywhere you look in our culture, sex is pushed as the most awesome thing, the must-have. I think people advising a little patience on nooky is a good thing. Sadly, Salon picks some Christian dweeb as the representative. It’s easy to make fun of morons, to reveal charlatans, and so on. And that’s a valuable activity, if the moron or charlatan matters. But are your reporters and editors so reactionary in their thought that they can’t imagine intelligent, sensitive, non-cross-burners wanting to be patient with their choice of life partner?

    -- JP Craig
    Tuesday, March 7, 2006 06:51 AM
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