• Adds harmful social pressure
    • Friends
    • Family
    • Church
  • Creates inevitable assumptions by others
  • Selfish
    • Physical pleasures without commitment
    • Social status
  • Exclusive
    • Third wheels
    • Intimidating to other friends of the opposite gender
    • Can serve as a trap for those in the relationship
  • Confusing
    • Unwritten rules/expectations
      • Gifts
      • General behavior with other people of opposite gender
      • Time spent together
      • Level of priority
    • Undefined level of commitment
      • Dating for marriage
      • Dating for fun
      • Dating for practice
      • Dating for sex
  • Creates potential for unnecessary emotional damage
    • Breaking up
      • Leaves scars
      • Leaves pictures on Facebook of you together that you secretly want to delete, especially when you start dating someone else
    • Jealousy
  • Fickle
    • Use of time
    • Use of money
  • Distracting
    • Life goals
    • Undefined level of priority
    • Time with friends
    • Time with family
  • Negatively influences important decisions
    • School
    • Place of residence
    • Place of work
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user picture Rachel: What a great list. You rock. apr 12 2011
user picture jzone32: Amen Brotha! apr 13 2011
user picture Belinda: This is one of my favorite lists I have read on Listography. I really wish I had read this before I was in my first/only relationship. nov 22 2011