I never read the book The Rules, but was taught them by my mom who was a teen and married in the early 50’s. Being a teen in the late 70’s, I thought her rules were ridiculous. Basically they consisted of ideas like; let the man pursue you, don’t be overly easy and available, act like ‘marriage material’. It was not to act disinterested, rather to not act desperate as that turns off a potential partner. Wouldn’t you agree that’s true? At the time, though, I fought it and cringed. I insisted the sexes were equal and there were no rules. But, every time I pursued, I got rejected. I concluded men don’t really want to be pursued. They want to be the hunter. It’s their nature. Ok, everyone go ahead and jump on me here! Lol. So, I did eventually take my mom’s advice and a man did pursue and marry me, and I was very happy with that.

Now, I’m not young and single in this generation. So, I have no idea what the thinking is of today. I rather liked these old school rules because we all knew what to expect. Now, with no one knowing what’s what, is everyone confused?