Ten commandments

Michael Feldstein's Ten Commandments for Married People is written for with an audience of Orthodox Jews in mind, but his advice is really applicable for any married couple with single friends.



Dating today is an odd experience. Some people are simply looking to get some ass. It'd be nice if they were upfront about that. Nothing worse than talking to someone online, chatting away, when BAM! They break out some lame line trying to get you to cyber with them.
Or they harass you with probing questions and then seem surprised when you get annoyed.

An example (his lines in color):

: im ok
: are u up for a chat ?
: are we talking soul searching, meanign of life? or lite chatting?
: what ever u want .
: I thought for a moment that u was busy .
: I am multi-tasking
: I see
: is that a problem?
: I will love 2 chat with u . So where are u from ?
: are u married ? (a little odd, but acceptable)
: was u born in the us ? (who are you, the INS?)
: you like to ask many questions. Are you a lawyer ? Or a detective? (as I try to be polite about them)
: no im not
: im only a guy who really wants 2 get 2 know u better. That's all.
: so do u still wanna chat or what ?
: the questions just are a bit personal for the beginning of a "getting to know u" conversation


Coupling up seems such an important thing in society (let's not even get into the biological side of this). Are things really better now than they used to be , back before the feminist/cultural/gender/queer revolution of the 1960's? Or are they just more confusing? (Having been born at the end of the disco era I do not feel qualified to answer, as I do not remember a time before the advent of cable, much less the social upheaval of the Woodstock era).