My Paper Is Coming Along..

I. The Logical Appeal:

The claim: Internet dating is not a fulfilling or successful way of finding love.

The reasons:
• Internet dating can be a waste of time and money
o Article about spending time on many different sites and not finding love
• Online profiles do not show all aspects of a person’s personality- the bad qualities are not told
o Article about a good profile but after actually getting to know them, were nothing like their profile
• Online dating is an unnatural way of finding love
o Article about how love cannot be bought

How Much Contact Should Be Made?

The other night when I was leaving a bar with my friend, she took out her phone and began complaining that she had three text messages from her mom. I looked at my phone, and realized it was 1:30am, and wondered the on earth her mom would be text messaging her at this hour? Turns out she had been wondering what she was up to on a Friday night, and had began to worry when she didn’t receive a text back from her. I began comparing my relationship with my mom to that of my friends, and found it odd that she kept her mom updated on her bar status…It made me curious about how much she talked to her mom throughout the day? For the last couple of weeks, I kept hearing more stories about this topic, and continued comparing my friend’s relationships with their parents to mine.

Basically, I talk to my mom every other day or so, maybe every two days, and the conversations are somewhat of a check up- for the last few days that is. We email about important stuff, such as vacations, or purchases, but that’s about it. I’ve wondered if it is because I am the third child, and my mom is used to the idea that I’m on my own? I then began to wonder what was considered normal for a relationship between a parent and a child? How much are you supposed to tell your parents about what you are doing if you are living half way across the country? Is it normal to tell ones parents’ everything that is going on? I don’t think it’s normal to not talk to them at all…but at age nineteen, there has to be some line drawn, right?