Sunday, January 4, 2009

10th post

5-comments
  • gen-xers think of competing fantasies:wedding fanstasy and single life glamor
  • wedding prices one going up by 75% within 15 years
  • many get seduced into getting married
  • many just let there guard down and fall in love
  • many jump to quick with getting married
4-questions
  • do some people only get married just for the wedding?
  • why is it the avd marriage price going up so quickly ?
  • why should we even let our grauds down or up ?
  • what is the point in marriage?
3-definitions
  • postferminist
  • prolong
  • ebb
2-LT
  • "no one have ever passed my scale"
  • "I want to live my life with the one beside me like a heat stove"
1-Sumary
in this section of the book, its ablout marriaged again and how people spend their money and time in getting married, also why people get married

9th post

5-comments
  • 15% breck of the egagment each year
  • 39% they know some one eles to who done so
  • a"Starter marrage": lasted a 5 year or less spam , with out having kids
  • gen-Xers tie the knot(get married) more than or at least twice
  • second marrage usuallt are more likey to end up in a divorce
4-questions
  • why only 5 yrs or less ?
  • do the 85% go through the marrage happily?
  • why are marrage more likey to end ?
  • what is the satisfaction in cheating ?
3-defintions
  • desolate-barren or laid waste; devastated:
  • contends-To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle
  • attain -to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
2-LT
  • "being married is like being in prison"
  • "single is our freedom"
1-Summary
in this section she brings up marrage , and the type of term that people we depending on how long you last with your marrage.

8 post

5-comments
  • many people went get married because they dont want a divorce.
  • many end up wanting to marry late
  • many can tell simply how long people will lasr
  • there are 2 types of marriages
  • marrages heavy and marrage light
4-questions
  • when is it too late to get married ?
  • how many times is too much?
  • do people only marry because other do it ?
  • why are there 2 types of marrages?
3-defintions
  • adolescence -the process or state of growing to maturity.
  • eschews-To avoid; shun
  • scandinavia- Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands.
2-LT
  • "he is a one man stand"
  • "marrage is the strongest and most attractive..."
1-summary
  • in this section we learn about marrge and the types , and what we need do to when we are married .

7post

5-comments
  • more perfer a fanstasy than reality
  • "the back yard": a womens rear end
  • many guys take pills to improve, their performences
  • men share just as much information as women do
  • 76% men say then would be no second date if they already had slept with them on the first
4-question
  • what is a fantasy girl?
  • does your apperence effect your performence?
  • why do men feel pressured?
  • what is a right age for people to have sex ?
3-difinations
  • cosmopolitan-free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
  • purveyor -a person who purveys, provides, or supplies
  • contrary-opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed
2-LT
"together zippers fell away like rose pedals"
"two men glazed like drunken zombies"
1-Summary
in this section we get a bit more of the fact in how and what people do on the first date , and also what shouldnt be done if you would like a second date .

6th post

5- Comments
  • "readiness factor" : a sense of your own place in life.
  • most guys dont usually end up with the guy they love the most
  • Gen-Xers usually figure-out-as-you-go-along
  • many Gen-Xers usualy settle for hook ups
  • "hook ups" : is known to almost every american over the age of 9
4- Questions
  • what should you wear on the first night out?
  • how much should you wear(money wise)?
  • why do Gen-aers settle only for hook ups ?
  • why do people think of hook ups , so young ?
3- Definitions
  • cohabitation-to live together as husband and wife, usually without legal or religious sanction.
  • inevitable-unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary
  • ambiguity-doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention
2-LT
  • "he had a nice buzz"
  • "...had hair like salt and pepper"
1-Summary
  • in this section we learned how and usually what do the Gen-Xers do when it comes to dating .

5th post

5-COMMENTS
  • online dating today is a popular and most common way to meet people .
  • not many rules exist anymore such as ; men pay on dates
  • with so many rules it's hard to even get a second date for many.
  • for many girll dont like for men to not have the night ready , and planned.
  • many people also like to do express dating
4-QUESTIONS
  • why havent these rules stuck ?
  • do people trade off in having "the pants"?
  • how many general rules are there?
  • what should most guys do on the first date ?
3-DEFINITIONS
  • etiquette- conventional requirements as to social behavior
  • inadvertent- not attentive; heedless.
  • folklore- the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
2-LT
  • "the guy'woos'the girl"
  • "the effort is brave"
1-SUMMARY
  • in this section she talks more about datig in genral and what women look for, and how men should play in there roles on the first date .