One of my discussion lists is talking about dating versus courtship. They seem to think there is a difference between the two. I can only conclude that either none of them is familiar with basic anthropoloy vocabulary (I did try pointing out that almost every human ever alive does, has, or will engage in courting behavior of some sort) or that I really don't understand people who think either/or categories apply to human behavior.
I think they're talking about modern dates as opposed to an older, more public and presumably more romantic model -- but even if I believed the former didn't fall well within human courtship patterns, I don't see why it would be assumed to exclude the latter.
Other than that I'm trying to do three work things at once and prepare for this weekend, so this entry ends here. Wish me luck in my races!
Posted by dichroic at May 21, 2004 12:13 PMFinally all caught up. I miss you at D-land. Sluggard that I am, it takes effort to go see all my defector friends. Horrified by my little wifey way of going on, ain'tcha? S'okay. Ironically, some of the stuff I do is because I'm a feminist. Can't put $$$ in the pot therefore I must 'contribute' where I can. And now with my diminished capacity to do anything, I feel even lower on the food chain. Besides, my actual point of listing my 'wife' stats was to remind myself that I SHOULD be able to expect return in equal measure. I'm not falling down on my end of things, why is he? I have a ton more to say about all the entries I caught up on. Maybe I should go back and leave comments on the appropriate entries? Or an e-mail, which I've been meaning to send you for weeks now. ~LA
Posted by: LA at May 22, 2004 04:46 PM