Recession Proof Dating? Is there such a thing?

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Exactly! It definitely works both ways - I think the people who constantly talk about their courtships are generally the people who constantly talk about themselves anyway; more of a "self-absorbed" thing than a marriage thing.

And! These will be the same people who talk about their kids all the time.

I think a lot of it comes down to not having much of a life outside of the relationship. You don't have a lot of other things to talk about; ergo, you talk about the relationship all the time. I have a few friends--single and married--who are guilty of this.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I think a lot of it comes down to not having much of a life outside of the relationship. You don't have a lot of other things to talk about; ergo, you talk about the relationship all the time. I have a few friends--single and married--who are guilty of this.

Yep. And like you said, they're the heli-moms of our future.

First they have nothing to talk about except wedding, then they have nothing to talk about except hubby, then kids, then it's their kid's ACTIVITIES they become obsessed with because well, there's nothing left.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

And! These will be the same people who talk about their kids all the time.

I think a lot of it comes down to not having much of a life outside of the relationship. You don't have a lot of other things to talk about; ergo, you talk about the relationship all the time. I have a few friends--single and married--who are guilty of this.

True...if there's nothing else going on in their lives, and they have nothing else to talk about, they'll just focus on talking about each other and the marriage.