Assignment #1: Brainstorming and Introduction to one of the topics about marriage/romance/dating

Brainstorming topics:

People are getting married later in life

People don’t have as many kids as they used to

Same-sex marriage is starting to be possible in some countries

Pre-nuptial agreements are more common

Divorce rates might be increasing

There is more casual dating

Polyamory

Age difference might be changing

Teenage pregnancy

Pre-marital sex

Birth control

Child-free [not child-less]

Gender roles inside relationships [and outside]

Meeting people online

“Mixed marriages” [religion, nationality, political beliefs]

Cristina:

Have you ever met someone online? What do you think about online dating? I have met a lot of people online and I can say that nowadays this is a common practice. A lot of people prefer to get acquainted on the internet and they avoid talking to each other face-to-face. Or even if they meet each other in real life, frankly, they just look on their phones. In this blog, I'm going to share some insights about how to understand the "unwritten rules" of online dating.

Eugen:

People are getting married later in life compared to thirty (30) years ago. Has the mentality of people changed so much or is it still a change related to social, cultural, political or economic factors. Let's see what our internet research has to say about it.

Diana:

The dating landscape has transformed with the rise of online dating apps and platforms. This makes it easier for people to connect and find potential partners. This has also changed the way people meet and form relationship. This blog post will.......

Have you ever thought of dating a person who you've never seen or met? Or what do you think about dating apps? Well, my friend thought that these apps were great until she met a lot of boys this way and many of them turned out to be assholes. These boys came with a wide range of problem and were very insistent about initiating sexual contact.

Marinella

I wonder why people are dating?? Why they don't get married on the day they met or the next day like in the past? And, are they dating because they like that person or just because of the surrounding people. I'm going to discuss answers to these questions in this blog.

I have a friend who changes partners very quickly just because she does not get the attention she needs. I think it's just because they aren't the right people or she can't love them.

I have read in a book that our generation has a problem with "dating"...like they just don't want to be alone, or they do it for the experience.

Nicoleta

Nowadays people are delaying having children more than their ancestors. Some reasons might be because of high education, now they are realizing how difficult raising kids is now. Another reason could be due to fertility struggles, economic difficulties, or simply they don't want many children. For example, my grandmother is from a family of 8 children but she by contrast has only 1 child, my mother. In this blog, I will explore different reasons for people having smaller families.