Chapter 11

I found it hilarious that the boys and girls attend events to encourage young adults to prepare for marriage. Even though many of them already know each other from school and because the community is so small, I think that the lack of technology actual restricts how well they are able to get to know one another. In today's society the use of e-mail, text messaging, the internet, and cell phones has created endless possibilities for communication. Staying up all night talking to your boyfriend doesn't exist in this society. The use of all these avenues for communication allows for people to actually get to know one another more quickly and less intrusively. I firmly believe that if it wasn't for cell phones and the internet things would be much different in todays young adult dating scene. Gossip spreads 100 times as quickly and reaches more people than we would probably care to acknowledge. This may increase pressures in the dating world, but it sure makes it easy to resolve issues, and stay close even when you are miles apart.