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03-28-2010, 07:24 AM
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  |  How did people date before the telephone was invented?
Was just thinking, with the internet everything's changed. There's internet dating and speed dating might have been an offshoot of that, might not have been, though, not sure As well, if you want to learn to interact with the opposite sex you can google how to and also read PUA literature.. And there's texting nowadays as well. What did people do before the days of the telephone was invented? Guess we just married our first cousins, or third cousins if we were adventurous.. Any ideas? I was going to put this in social and relationships, but then I realised I'm not really being serious, so copy pasted and moved it to the fun and recreation section |
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03-28-2010, 08:42 AM
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I don't remember the time before phones, not mobile phones mind you... but did ask this question my mother and grandmother. There were places young people would gather together every weekend, for a dance or something like that. They would meet at school or church or at other peoples weddings... And they would agree when to meet and "court" eachother. If they were not able to come there was no way but a human messenger to inform the one waiting pointlessly... many misunderstandings would arise from these kinds of letdowns that couldn't be straightened until they would meet again...but when you think of it the name of the game and basic rules were the same.
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03-28-2010, 09:07 AM
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I think they passed notes... Oh, and flowers used to have certain meanings which would convey messages to girls...that was back in the 1800's mind you, but still. I've got a book about the Language of flowers that tells all about the individual flowers and what they meant...fascinating stuff. If you didn't like someone you could send them 'Hortensias' which meant "you are cold". Hibiscus conveyed "delicate beauty", Basil represented "hatred" and Butterfly weed meant "Let me go". Pretty cool Huh?  |
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03-28-2010, 05:50 PM
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The men stood below windows and courted the women up in balconies, of course! The women tossed them some momento if they liked the man, like a handkerchief. And the men strode off feeling smug and satisfied with themselves. If they were really into the girl, they may have even knocked on the door and asked the maid to deliver a written message to her! "Thy beauty consumes my every waking thought!" "Oh Horatio, you flatter me so!" "And flattery thou dost deserve, endless and forever!" *feigned blush and a giggle* |
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03-28-2010, 06:35 PM
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Like the time I gave my son the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was shocked, when I asked him if he knew who Penelopa was he answered: "Averell Dalton's horse!" after that I excepted parallel histories. No comment...  | |
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03-28-2010, 07:28 PM
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The man had a car and picked her up at her house. Haven't you ever watched a movie? Sometimes they would write letters and send their little minions over to the other's house to deliver them (The Little Rascals). Otherwise, they picked up dates at bars and strip clubs. Two of my dad's wives were strippers. And gay bars.... those are really going out of fashion now - being replaced by gay clubs. I hear that lesbian bars consist of a bunch of old women. |
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03-29-2010, 01:51 AM
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Not sure if Jane Austen and Emily Bronte are similar | |
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04-01-2010, 02:11 PM
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My Grandmother and Grandfather met at a social event such as a dance and then he drove his horse and buggy to her house and drove her to the next social event they attended. After the first ride in the buggy they were a couple. This occurred in 1916. in 1917 they were married. My grandfather was just 17 and my grandmother was a 15 when they were married. There were a lot more community social events even in small town and country America then that today. The story of my grandparents was typical of courting in that time period.  |
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04-01-2010, 02:19 PM
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Their books are pretty different. Austen is a lot funnier. And there's a lot more in her books about how people connected before the telephone was invented. | |
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