Tuesday, April 08, 2025
The negative effects of The wrong kind of dating
The wrong kind of dating can have the
following negative effects:
1. It leads to intimacy but not
necessarily to commitment. When couples eventually break up, they simply move
on to another similar relationship.
2. It tends to skip the friendship stage
of a relationship. Friendship can be described as two people walking side by
side toward a common goal or interest. Typically dating tends to focus on being
a couple with the goal of intimacy.
3. It often mistakes a physical
relationship for love. Sex does not equal love, yet it is often mistaken for
love. The excitement of the physical relationship is intoxicating.
4. It often isolates a couple from other
vital relationships. Many authors have noted the importance of making a lot of
friends of both sexes while young so you have a good idea of what others are
like. Often when a breakup comes, other friends have been or will be alienated,
leaving the former couple isolated and lonely at a time when they really need
friends.
5. In many cases it distracts young
adults from their primary responsibility of preparing for the future. The most
obvious thought might be of higher education, but even developing skills and
talents can be stunted when one’s attention is focused on steady dating.
6. It can cause discontentment with God’s
gift of singleness. Some might disagree with the choice of phrasing, but the
focus is that being single means you have opportunities for growth, learning
and service that will be more difficult if not impossible when married. The
author urges people to use their time as a single to its maximum capacity.
7. It creates an artificial environment
for evaluating another person’s character. Being fun on a date doesn’t
necessarily say a lot about how a person will be as a husband or wife.
Real-life settings around family and other friends show much more of what a
person is really like.
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