tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post1142053691795476900..comments2023-10-21T05:22:53.166-05:00Comments on Poetry, Music, and Real Life: Do you like me?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972480722494170701noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-7376431179864664372011-10-02T16:26:22.412-05:002011-10-02T16:26:22.412-05:00Good stuff, bro. Glad to see God working in you. I...Good stuff, bro. Glad to see God working in you. I've seen (in my friends) both the advantages of not initiating until ready for marriage, and the hurt when pulling the trigger too early. <br /><br />Thanks for the reminders.N8 T8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16659090683374991687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-52150394108284332662011-10-02T15:13:30.129-05:002011-10-02T15:13:30.129-05:00Peter!! This is really amazing, almost all the rea...Peter!! This is really amazing, almost all the reasons I don't date myself. And laid out cleanly and clearly. Well done!!Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05918034175897913178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-58045639681006030482011-10-02T01:35:33.014-05:002011-10-02T01:35:33.014-05:00Ah, I like this part: "For me, no romantic re...Ah, I like this part: "For me, no romantic relationship should be initiated if my end goal in it is not marriage."<br /><br />I think this is probably the main point that I take from the courtship process. I agree that it's important that one views and treats relationships with long term goals in mind.<br /><br />However, I don't necessarily agree with a firm belief that all successful courtships will end with marriage. If people are going to hold off from a "deep" relationship with the opposite gender (depending on how you define deep) until the man is 100% sure that he wants to marry a certain girl, and is 100% ready for marriage, then there are going to be interesting issues, especially on the girl's side.<br /><br />Exhale. It's a tad stressful knowing that I'm probably the only person in the group that thinks the way I do.<br /><br />On a lighter note, I didn't know that Johnny Cash did the song "If You Could Read My Mind"! Was his version the original, or a cover? I'm familiar with another version....Jessica Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-14352588844402101752011-10-01T23:18:17.137-05:002011-10-01T23:18:17.137-05:00This is so encouraging and so true. It is the grea...This is so encouraging and so true. It is the greatest joy to see a brother in Christ walking with the Lord and being changed, even though it's painful. It is really beneficial for me to hear this from a guys perspective, and it sure challenged me to check my heart! Thanks for posting!Stephanie Dietzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421479029036207955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-40365372323503084142011-10-01T23:04:43.924-05:002011-10-01T23:04:43.924-05:00good for you, peter!
that is, good for you for be...good for you, peter!<br /><br />that is, good for you for being willing to see what God wanted to show you. :)<br /><br />i appreciate your note to the women's side of things, too. especially the part about playing mind games. that is so easy and and has the potential to be so extraordinarily upsetting. to that i would add: women, you are not j. alfred prufrock; you do not need to force the moment to its crisis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-53614477192359963412011-10-01T22:10:37.380-05:002011-10-01T22:10:37.380-05:00Ok, so... my girlfriends and I from time to time w...Ok, so... my girlfriends and I from time to time will make a remark like, "He's such a flirt." But we just kinda laugh it off, like it's no big deal. But this made me realize that it IS a big deal. And it made me think about *why* we laugh it off, and why we think it's a big deal if it's a girl. I think honestly it's because we like the attention that we get from guys that flirt, and girls that are flirts are well, competition. That sounds terrible, and it kind of shocked me when I realized it, but I think that is truly why. I need to think about it more, but... I really hadn't thought about these things before, so thanks :) <br />And I totally agree with you on the timing of telling a girl you like her. I think that's really important, and that you really hit the nail on the head when you said that premature relationships bring only pain. Just because you've found the right person doesn't always mean it's the right time, I guess.Practically Quixotichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11740272292371287953noreply@blogger.com