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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Love & Litigation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In a perfect world, single people would be open and honest. I’m talking about total dating utopia: no game playing, no misleading anyone, no casualties of dating war. But alas, we are mere mortals, flawed humans who are all about self-preservation, self-protection, and sometimes self-serving.
I was reading an article about a book written by David E. Talbert, called Love on the Dotted Line. In the book, a contracts lawyer decided that she would make her next man sign a relationship contract. Of course, this was a direct result of her last relationship’s demise. Somehow she managed to convinced a man to agree to the relationship contract, most likely in a drunken state or post-romp haze. When he breaks one of the rules of their agreement, she hauls him into court.
Can you imagine? What would happen if dating became regulated? Just thinking about the romantic crimes that I have committed (in my 20s alone)…um, let’s just say, Diva would have been sporting an orange jumpsuit!
If you could write up a dating/relationship contract, what sorts of things would you be most interested in protecting? What kinds of consequences or legal repercussions would you want to impose for your dating rules violations?
If you could haul someone into dating court right now, who would you subpoena, and why? Do you think winning your “case” could help you move on and let it go?
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