Tbh what might save dating culture is if parents got more involved: - they really do know you better than you know yourself - they know more about marriage and good partnership - they *genuinely* want the best for you - they can see right through bs of younger folks and that puts everyone on their best behavior The interrogation at the door before prom shouldn’t be the last time you date someone who’s been vetted. When people say “bring back shame” what they’re really diagnosing is the lack of a fear-of-the-Lord in people’s treatment of the opposite sex, they don’t take courtship seriously, they don’t respect the other person. The involvement of parents isn’t to helicopter a relationship but to enrich and guide it with ancestral wisdom, and possibly protect you from yourself