Parents let their parents date based on their maturity and sometimes the age that they dated when they were younger. Children may think they are ready to date, but their parents do not. This may sometimes cause conflict. In a talk with my mother, we discussed the possibility of me dating despite the fact that I am not currently interested in it. My mother believes that I should not be dating because I am too young. I believe the same thing but for different reasons: commitment issues, lack of understanding in the purpose of gifts, and I am not ready to put another person before myself. To my mom, I am too young to be dating. She believes that I should not be seeing boys yet because the ones who are my age have not grown up yet and I should be focusing on my studies. Dating could come later, when I am more mature. However, she believes that if I do come to like a boy, she would not mind as long as he respected me and my body. What …show more content…
I am a very cheap human being and it is hard for me to understand why some do certain grand gestures to show their love to another person. I do not understand how buying me balloons is going to make me love someone more. I would appreciate the gesture, of course, but balloons are not useful and they deflate quickly. Same thing with flowers. Flowers are pretty and all, but they wilt and die pretty quickly. If that is what is used to portray the love between my partner and I-- already uprooted and quickly perishing--, then that relationship should not last very long. I appreciate things that are not superficial gestures bought with money, like remembering my favorite song and playing it for me when I am sad, or remembering a story that I initially thought was going to be immediately forgotten. That, to me, has more merit than buying me flowers on Valentine’s