The Rules of Love

1. What rules dictate relationships today?

I don't think there are any set rules, rules can vary drastically depending on where you are. And even if there were rules here, they would be broken quite often. And the rules I believe in are obviously invalid, so I'm not sure if I can answer this question well. But I will say what I think the general rules are for my culture.

* Thou shalt have only one partner
* Thou shalt have sex before leaving high school
* Thou shalt have to make the person interested in you work to be in a relationship
* And if you are not interested in a person anymore, but they're still into you, thou shalt take six more months and a really shitty relationship to end it.


2. Name a situation in which the rules have clearly been violated. In other words, what are things "nice girls" just don't do? What are things "nice guys" just don't do?

* When A girl/guy has two or more people "sharing them", that's a violation, and gross, Christina (cough cough)

That's the only serious situation I can think of.

3.What are the possible consequences for breaking these rules?

* If you have more than one partner, thou shalt be labeled a slut or "fucked up"
* If you are still a virgin, you're bad with girls
* If you don't make them work, the consequences will be, thou shalt have a clingy bf/gf
* And if you're not interested in a person and you break it off immediately, absolutely nothing bad will happen.


4. Where do these rules come from? Who "invented" them and who enforces them?

We probably get it from the last generation, not necessarily our parents but the people that control the media. I know that probably has the biggest impact on our rules. Dating shows, music, anything on MTv, I guess that's where we get it from. And the "enforcers", they're the people the rules apply to.