I really loved talking about dating. The reading this week I found super interesting. The article we read related dating to a Cinderella story and found it easy to follow. A quote I loved in there that struck me was, “There are very few perfect people in the world, and if you do get lucky and find one, he or she probably won't want to marry you anyway.” I found this refreshing and blunt. I liked it. No one is going to be perfect. In class we talked a little bit about R.A.M. or relationship attachment model. Basically, there are 5 areas to a relationship in determining what is balanced and unbalanced. The order is: KNOW. TRUST. RELY. COMMIT. TOUCH.  I ordered these from biggest to smallest in the level of importance. So otherwise you should know someone more than you trust them, trust them more than you rely on them, rely on them more than you commit to hem, and commit to them more than you touch them. I think this is so great in determining a balanced relationship. When it is all out of whack you know that there is some unbalance. I am going to look at this scale more often now when it comes to relationships. Also, an interesting fact I learned was that oxytocin is an attachment chemical girls release and boys don’t. That is why we girls feel so attached when we hold hands with someone or something like that. I also liked talking about cohabitation. Something that really stuck with me was when Bro. Williams drew the diagram to cohabitation vs. marriage. In cohabitation your life starts out separate but with one another and stays separate. When you get married you decide to join first, get married, and then start a joined life together. So cohabitation starts as two lines and ends with two lines while marriage starts with two but joins to one when you get married and stays as one line. I think it is really interesting to learn about cohabitation because my sister is cohabitating and I really want what is best for her. I will pass this information along so that everyone can be more educated and make smarter choices.