In today\u2019s society it\u2019s unclear as to what a perfect relationship actually is. Should we be courting the same way our parents did? Or are the new rules of dating a better phenomenon? Relationships nowadays tackle a whole new set of problems. Modern couples struggle with things like finding a place to live or deciding between starting a family or pursuing a career. It seems that happily ever after is slightly more difficult to achieve, could this be down to social media? Here are the differences between modern relationships and your parent\u2019s relationship.<\/p>\n
They\u2019d meet unexpectedly and get that \u201clove at first sight kind of feeling\u201d. Or they\u2019d get the \u201cI\u2019d like you to leave me alone now kind of feeling.\u201d This still happens in today\u2019s world, but with social media taking over its now much easier to drop into someone DMs.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey what\u2019s up\u201d (Usually at 1 am) this is how people hit you up in 2018. Sometimes it\u2019s even somebody you\u2019ve never met before. They decide to speak to you based on a few pictures they\u2019ve seen on Facebook or Tinder. It\u2019s all about looks now, leaving no room for that spark you feel when you really connect with somebody.<\/p>\n
People didn\u2019t really have cars back then. You had to walk or take a bus, some would take two trains and a bus just see their crush.<\/p>\n
I mean, if there really fit I might change it to five miles, but they\u2019ve got to be special! I drive, but it\u2019s still too far.<\/p>\n
This was outright disrespectful.\u00a0 Sleeping next to one another was not a thing, back then you slept in the spare room or went home.<\/p>\n
Your probably can\u2019t afford it unless you both have really good jobs.<\/p>\n
They would walk to the nearest telephone box and dial, they\u2019d pop twenty pence coins into a machine and watch anxiously as the minutes ticked away. What\u2019s more romantic than a few precious minutes on the telephone? How eager would you be to make that conversation count?<\/p>\n
Most people nowadays have a smartphone with them at all times. You can talk whenever you want. You spend all day texting, by the time you actually see each other you\u2019ve already exhausted half of the topics of conversation.<\/p>\n
The men asked for permission, they spent time saving money for that one special day when they could marry the love of their life.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not as important as it once was, people are prioritising differently. Most people would rather focus on saving money to buy a house or they\u2019d rather just enjoy themselves and go on a few nice holidays rather than waste money on one day.<\/p>\n
They seemed to meet at a young age, during or just after school. A lot of them are still together today. My parents just recently celebrated their 25th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n It delivers a temptation that is always there. Weather that\u2019s porn or an old friend contacting you out the blue on social media, this causes disruption in your relationship.<\/p>\n It was always the guy would pursue the girl, pay for dates and to propose.<\/p>\n A woman would not be judged if she asked a guy out on a date. It\u2019s no longer a requirement that the guy gets the bill.\u00a0 Today, you are would be more likely to split the bill, this is probably down to feminism, women have ruined this for themselves.<\/p>\n The woman was to stay at home and look after the kids whilst the man was to be the breadwinner.<\/p>\n Most people will decide who makes the most money and the lesser will stay at home because it\u2019s financially sensible. There are no gender rules involved anymore.<\/p>\n In today\u2019s society it\u2019s unclear as to what a perfect relationship actually is. Should we be courting the same way our parents did? Or are the new rules of dating a better phenomenon? Relationships nowadays tackle a whole new set of problems. Modern couples struggle with things like finding a place to live or deciding…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24740,"featured_media":135935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true},"categories":[1805],"tags":[8016,8850,8399,10634],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-135934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-relationships","tag-dating","tag-love-life","tag-relationships","tag-romance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nModern Relationships- The internet causes all kinds of problems for people in relationships.<\/h2>\n
Old fashioned- Our parents were different.<\/h2>\n
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Modern Relationships-\u00a0 In today\u2019s society each sex will peruse each other equally, there are no rules anymore.<\/h2>\n
Old fashioned-Our parent\u2019s rules were different.<\/h2>\n
Modern Relationships- We don\u2019t care who makes the money as long as it\u2019s coming in.<\/h2>\n
These are the differences I have noticed between Modern relationships and old school traditional relationships. Which do you prefer, or are you somewhere in-between?<\/h5>\n
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