Brad Garrett on a relaity TV dating show…
From Crackle: Dating Brad Garrett: Why Date Him?
I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t have much faith in a TV show trying to show us something real about dating culture.

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American high schools (and middle schools as well) routinely have school dances (typically one each month), including some evry important ones like Homecoming and the prom.
Recently some schools have been cancelling the dances because students are “freak dancing” or “grinding” where the female dancer’s buttocks press against the male dancer’s groin.
People in some cultures find […]

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Here’s an interesting thread from a football message board. As far as I can tell, all the participants are male.
Doug: Before I begin I need to give all of the background facts because this is a very complicated situation. It’s best to start with my last girlfriend. I started dating my previous girlfriend my sophomore […]

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Here’s an interesting conversation from an online message board. An American man is getting ready to ask his Filipino girlfriend to marry him and needs advice about what kind of diamond ring he should buy. In America, we call this an engagement ring.
 This conversation shows some interesting aspects of American culture and how Americans perceive […]

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On November 21, 2004 I married my Thai sweetheart, Nat. Despite our cultural differences, I am an American who grew up in the South; we found it easy to be with each other. We were both older though she was 15 years my junior. She had never married. I was divorced with an adult daughter […]

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I arrived in Korea in late February, after celebrating Valentine’s Day in America. I soon learned about White Day, celebrated on March 14th in Korea. This is not a recognizable day in America, but in Korea White day is an important part of the cutlure. To celebrate White Day, men normally buy women candy and lucky […]

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I recently read a message board conversation about where to have a bachelor party in New York City (Manhattan). I thought that the question (which included lap dances) and the answers (which focused on strip clubs) had something to show us about New Yorkers’ attitudes toward bachelor parties. Here’s the conversation:

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Speaking with various British people I know has made me aware of some differences between dating culture in the US and dating culture in England.
Where to pick someone up
In America, a bar is the first choice for many young people who want to pick up members of the opposite sex. This normally includes eye contact […]

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A bachelor party (also called a stag party, stag night (UK), or bucks party (Australia)) is a party held for a bachelor shortly before he is married. This is typically the soon-to-be-husband’s last party as a single man.
The stereotype is that the man to be married engages in activities a new wife might not approve of […]

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In this paper I’m going to summarize what my 18-25 year-old Korean university students have told me about Korean dating culture and compare that with my experiences and experiences that American friends have told me about regarding the high school and college dating scenes. It should be noted that I went to high school in […]

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