When Pop Culture Sells Dangerous Myths About Romance

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One of the new terms i’m hearing is “self realization” which is being touted by celebrities. This includes success materially and fame, all self-centered and not God-centered. How sad for the younger, lost generation. Young people, more than ever, need guidance, good living religious role models and prayers.
 
Even women who aren’t feminists would be creeped out by weird men though.
 
I know but if a dude is seeking for dating advice, asking him to be persistent can be disastrous because the poor boy probably has average to bad social skills (bc he is asking for advice in the first place) and may not know what’s appropriate or not.
I agree, the novice is a bull in a china shop, completely ignoring the non-verbal cues that guide an experienced romancer.
 
Guys do need to learn dating skills in the West, but if woman is expecting a guy who is as smooth as Sam Malone or James Bond on every date, I hope she enjoys cats.
 
I sometimes watch a Hallmark channel movie -
talk about far fetched -
so I’d NEVER watch anything more - far out.
I’d have to be stoned on pot - to sit there - and watch that *&^%$ with any interest at all.
 
A lot of media is far-fetched from reality. The fact is they have to build in character arcs so that shows last for so long.
 
The article brings up the Luke and Laura supercouple from General Hospital. A 1988 episode of the daytime serial Santa Barbara made jabs at the couple’s romance, particularly the fact that it started with a rape.
 
I enjoyed reading this thread. A lot of interesting perspectives (analyses) I hadn’t read before.
 
Hey @SuperLuigi,

Man, I’ve been thinking…Do you remember that episode in the OT when the Israelis ask God for a king? And do you remember God’s answer? 1 Samuel 8.

A few years ago I thought putting hope in politics is like asking for a king when we already have a King in heaven and His name is Jesus Christ.

So, departing from the point I stated above. I tend to think, and this as a criteria in how far I’m drifting from keeping things real, this when I somehow put hopes or expectations in politics (or politicians).

A simple exercise might be thinking, that perhaps more is to be achieved spending 30 minutes in Eucharistic adoration and praying a rosary there. Having confession up to date and having received communion recently. Because that might actually “move mountains”, “fill valleys”, and set something straight and help someone directly in dire need…

[And it might just achieve more than a ton of political debate, and one probably will come away from there feeling he did something.]

Getting involved in political debate, is also a vice and becomes a bad habit. A way of seeing things…A method of analyses…So many times incorrect and misleading. Those putting their faith in Jesus, and seeking Him, won’t be feeling they wasted their time, and perhaps got involved into something that always divides instead of uniting.
 
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