history: Courtship seems like such an outdated term, but I think the process is so much fun to get to know someone.
knowledge: During courtship, a couple get to know each other and decide if there will be an engagement or other such agreement.
response: So, you like to get to know someone to decide on whether you want an engagement with them?
history: Courtship seems like such an outdated term, but I think the process is so much fun to get to know someone.
So, you like to get to know someone to decide on whether you want an engagement with them?
Yes! I wonder when the phrase was introduced. I think the Middle Ages, not sure.
knowledge: Traditionally, in the case of a formal engagement, it has been perceived that it is the role of a male to actively ''court'' or ''woo'' a female, thus encouraging her to understand him and her receptiveness to a proposal of marriage.
response: Not sure, but I know that traditionally it was supposed to be the male's role to ''court'' or ''woo'' the female. Hence the name.
history: Courtship seems like such an outdated term, but I think the process is so much fun to get to know someone.
So, you like to get to know someone to decide on whether you want an engagement with them?
Yes! I wonder when the phrase was introduced. I think the Middle Ages, not sure.
Not sure, but I know that traditionally it was supposed to be the male's role to ''court'' or ''woo'' the female. Hence the name.
I wonder what the rules of courtship used to be.  Or rather, what was most focused on to court someone.
knowledge: A courtship may be an informal and private matter between two people or may be a public affair, or a formal arrangement with family approval.
response: I don't know about specific rules, but it could be an informal, private matter just between the couple, a public relationship, or a formal affair with approval from the family.
history: Courtship seems like such an outdated term, but I think the process is so much fun to get to know someone.
So, you like to get to know someone to decide on whether you want an engagement with them?
Yes! I wonder when the phrase was introduced. I think the Middle Ages, not sure.
Not sure, but I know that traditionally it was supposed to be the male's role to ''court'' or ''woo'' the female. Hence the name.
I wonder what the rules of courtship used to be.  Or rather, what was most focused on to court someone.
I don't know about specific rules, but it could be an informal, private matter just between the couple, a public relationship, or a formal affair with approval from the family.
I didn't realize there was something called a public courtship.  How does that differ from other types?  So interesting.
knowledge: Courtship may be completely omitted, as in cases of some arranged marriages where the couple do not meet before the wedding.
response: I can't say, but I know that sometimes there's no courtship at all, like in arranged marriages sometimes.
history: Courtship seems like such an outdated term, but I think the process is so much fun to get to know someone.
So, you like to get to know someone to decide on whether you want an engagement with them?
Yes! I wonder when the phrase was introduced. I think the Middle Ages, not sure.
Not sure, but I know that traditionally it was supposed to be the male's role to ''court'' or ''woo'' the female. Hence the name.
I wonder what the rules of courtship used to be.  Or rather, what was most focused on to court someone.
I don't know about specific rules, but it could be an informal, private matter just between the couple, a public relationship, or a formal affair with approval from the family.
I didn't realize there was something called a public courtship.  How does that differ from other types?  So interesting.
I can't say, but I know that sometimes there's no courtship at all, like in arranged marriages sometimes.
Arranged marriages are such a crazy leap of faith.  I guess some work out though.
knowledge: In China, arranged marriages (baoban hunyin, 包办婚姻) - sometimes called blind marriages (manghun, 盲婚) - were the norm before the mid-20th century.
response: Interesting. Arranged marriages were the norm in China until about the middle of the 20th century.