342: Modern dating and romance is a disaster

<p>The boys drink and review 395 Rye from Checkerspot Brewing, then discuss the changing expectations in dating, courtship, and marriage. </p> <p><br></p> <p>The traditional formula is first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage. </p> <p><br></p> <p>The new formula is something like first comes sex, then comes dating, then you move in together, then you get a dog, then maybe you finally get married. </p> <p><br></p> <p>What happened to &quot;take me down to the little white church,&quot; &quot;no huggie no kissie until you make me your wife,&quot; or &quot;if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it.&quot; </p> <p><br></p> <p>The problem is that the elite have adopted &quot;luxury ideas&quot; -- idiotic, fashionable beliefs that don&#39;t harm them, with their flock and nannies in their gated neighborhoods, but destroy the lives of the middle and lower classes. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Traditional dating and marriage rules spread the wealth, so to speak, in a way that the modern rules don&#39;t. It results in a lot of men and women who have no life partner, and no prospect of getting one. </p>