in thread "Was "going steady" a positive or negative": There seems to be a lot of ways to arrange courtship and marriage, many of which work, and any of which can fail. Steady girlfriends does introduce this weird limbo state of half-marriage that doesn't have obvious teleology, and is suspect for that reason.... 14mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 7 7 2 2 There seems to be a (view hidden) retry 7 7 2 2 I'll do an extended sequence of effortposts on it some time then. 14mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 3 3 2 2 I'll do an extended (view hidden) retry 3 3 2 2 This all seems very wise, and while I can even imagine being persuaded by such arguments when I was a teenager, I can't imagine taking them from some ponderous book that talked about God. Books of wisdom, and theology, seem to be something for mature men, ... 11mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 6 6 This all seems very (view hidden) retry 6 6