1. Love and dating

2. What is love?
Love is a strong affection for another person.

3. Two types of love
Romantic love: is the exhilarating feeling, head over heels in love
Mature love: is long lasting, caring, and giving type of love

4. Infatuation vs. love Based on instant desire Physical
Lacks confidence and trust in the other commitment
Accepting of one another’s flaws
Based on sharing interests and ideas
Trusting and secure

5. Why do we date?
In our society dating leads to engagement, marriage and children.
Dating is also a learning process. It provides us with experiences that help us better understand ourselves as well as others.

6. Functions of dating Understanding of others Understanding yourself
Providing companionship
Improving communication skills

7. Functions of dating Learning to negotiate Learning to be responsible
Evaluating personality traits

8. Dating There are many different types of dating
Each has their pros and cons
Formal dating: when one person invites another to planned event.
Informal dating: two or more people agree to meet and spend time together in a relaxed environment.

9. Types of dating
Group dating: several boys and girls spend time together, developing friendships with those in the group.
Pro/Con

10. Pair dating: a couple will develop a relationship with each other.
Pro/Con

11. Steady dating: is commitment to date only one person.
Pro/con

12. Double dating: can be good transition from group dating to pair dating.
Pro/con

13. Random dating: a person dates more than one person at a time.
Pro/con

14. Healthy vs. unhealthy
A healthy relationship should bring more happiness than stress into your life.
Every relationship will have stress at times, but you want to prevent prolonged mental stress.

15. Signs of a healthy relationships
Take care of yourself and have good self- esteem independent of your relationship
Respect each other's individuality
Maintain relationships with friends and family

16. Have activities apart from one another
Are able to express yourselves to one another without fear of consequences
Feel secure and comfortable
Do not worry about violence in the relationship
Trust each other and be honest with each other

17. Unhealthy relationship
At times all relationships will have some unhealthy characteristics.
However, unhealthy relationships will exhibit these characteristics more frequently and cause you stress and pressure that is hard to avoid.

18. Put one person before the other by neglecting yourself or your partner
Pressure to change who you are for the other person
Worried when you disagree with the other person
Feel pressure to quit activities you usually/used to enjoy

19. Where and when should you seek help for your relationship
Where and when should you seek help for your relationship? Discuss in group.

20. Video on unhealthy relationships

21. Ending a relationship
Ending a relationship can be very difficult and painful.
It is usually one sided- one person wants to move on and the other doesn’t

22. Tips for ending a relationship
Realize your partner will feel hurt.
There might be anger and resentment, but remember time heals all wounds.

23. Change your dating patterns
Spend time at places where your ex is not for a little while. It will avoid confrontation and hurt feelings.

24. Recognize your feelings as normal
Feelings of pain and loneliness don’t mean you made the wrong decision.
They are part of the grief process when it comes to ending a relationship.

25. Emphasize other aspects of your life
Keep yourself busy on other things. Learn a new hobby. Reconnect with old friends.

26. Discussion: is it ok to break up with someone over the phone, through text, or social media? Talk about it with your group, then vote on whether you think it is ok or not.

27. 5 non-negotiables
What are 5 things a person must have for you to be in a relationship with them.
i.e. must be a non-smoker