Fifth

Research in New York shows that a couple grows up on average three blocks away. It is a fascinating topic. Nowadays, we can probably do research on how many indirect people we can know until we find the right person. It sounds very vague. It is so hard to find the features. I have that idea because we could use social media and the internet to know people now. Our social circle is not in a neighborhood anymore. It can be international like my parents. My dad is from Taiwan and my mom is from the Philippines. There are some related people between them to let them know each other.

Cohabitation actually causes divorce more likely. In my opinion, the main reason that cohabitation causes divorce is limited or weak commitment. There are different expectations between men and women while cohabitating. Women expect to have marriage as the next step, but men just want to have sex. When the intentions are different, it will cause many problems.

For the dataset, we can gather information if those divorce people. We can see how many of them cohabitate. For those people who cohabitate, I would like to see the frequency of having sex when they cohabitated. And see how long their marriage lasts or how many marriages they have had. 

I want to gather information about the people who cohabitate. I would like to see the frequency of having sex as well. Also, I want to see how often they go on dates to have fun. And based on those samples, we can try to see how long each cohabitation lasts, and how many of them turn into marriage or break up. I can see the data will be very interesting, but the data set must be going to take an extremely long time to collect. 

A fun fact I learned is having the same or different interests does not affect marriage at all. But if someone`s interest is playing video games, it may somehow cause some negative impact. So maybe we can see the percentage of divorces that has someone playing video games. It may be unfair to some people. 

Three vital elements of date are plan, pay for, and pair off. And three significant elements of marriage are presiding, providing, and protecting. Plan corresponds to preside. Pay for corresponds to provide. Pair off corresponds to protect. Going on dates before marriage is a preparation that helps us become good husbands or good wives. 

So many people have told me that do not spend money on other people`s wives. I have to say that I only agree with a little bit, and I can not fully agree with it. I do not fully agree because spending money is necessary. Maybe we can try to avoid spending lots of unnecessary expenses, but we still need to pay for something that is needed on a date. I can agree with this a little bit because we need to budget. Do not spend money out of our ability.

There are four steps to being with our partners which are dating, courtship, engagement, and marriage. Which stage we should receive inspiration from? Every stage needs inspiration, but we only ask for inspiration for the next stage. We should not ask if she or he is the right one to marry while we are dating. There is no way to ask that kind of question at the first stage, and many people do not know that there are those steps and stages. We should do it step by step and focus on NOW. 

Everything starts with going on dates. Hangout is not enough. So go on dates with someone if you are single and do not be afraid.