Courtship

It is always a healthy sign if the partners know each other prior to engage in the marriage. Knowing the background helps to understand one’s socio economic position well to adjust later on. Any misunderstanding may be minimized by knowing each other. How to know each other is a great task especially when partners are strange and meet first time before marriage. “courtship” comes handy to solve this problem to some extent. Though 100% knowledge may not be possible, it helps to build a positive outlook towards marriage. But what is courtship?

Courtship is nothing but meeting each other before marriage and try to understand by various means. This is the time between deciding to marry and actual marriage taking place. This tie should be spent in trying to win over each other for marriage, rather it should be considered a time for exploiting each others personality. It is the period to get to know each other deeply. Some call it ‘love making’. Whether love making fulfills the principles of courtship? Many differentiate between the two. Both are not the same. Lovemaking helps the partners for courtship. Real depth of meaning in courtship is deep than love making. Can you give a true picture from your own experience? If so please comment on this.