Get to know you these days, dear?

De
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I have the feeling that most couples enter into a relationship far too quickly and don't even take the time to get to know each other, but get together pretty quickly.

Or the get-to-know phase then only consists of "Netflix cuddle dates" where you don't really get to know each other…

Am i getting this wrong? Or does someone agree with me?

Ot

I agree. The reason? Tinder.

Sp

Tinder and Netflix have nothing to do with each other. Tinder is the only way to get to know each other for the first time. What you make of it later, you design yourself. That has always been the case.

Ot

Tinder and Netflix are symbolic of the society in which we're "educated"

Sp

It's more a question of personality than time. I have a daughter, now 21. She studies and does not live with me. She has no boyfriend. What I rather hear in conversations or notice when she's here longer during the holidays, that you don't commit yourself early. But it wasn't any different in my time. And whether you watch Netflix, DVDs or video cassettes - it's just the medium that has changed. Commitment and interest have always been necessary for a good relationship.

Ch

Yes, i think so too

Sp

I can't share the thought. I don't see any "education". These are all still very individual decisions.

Ot

The zeitgeist in which we live screams consumption! Data! More! More quickly! And that is also reflected in relationships. And this thinking is "trained" in the media