Congressional Investigation of Successes and Failures of Dating and Relationships

[Chernosoth]

A congressman doesn't have time for dating. He figures he will eventually meet someone after he retires, but he wants to be prepared for that time. He wants to know how do people find and choose their life partners. He's a policy wonk, not a charmer. He starts a subcommittee with public hearings on C-SPAN.

 

[Carnevil9]

I can see this working as satire.

 

[sirhugs]

A congressman doesn't have time for dating. He figures he will eventually meet someone after he retires, but he wants to be prepared for that time. He wants to know how do people find and choose their life partners. He's a policy wonk, not a charmer. He starts a subcommittee with public hearings on C-SPAN.

this is implausible. He constantly meets interns.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Two thoughts come to mind...

1. the government has solved all of the other pressing problems of the nation and don't have anything else to do to earn their paychecks

or

2. They all just want to spend, spend, spend no matter the reason and along with hundreds of other useless things they do, they all think this is a good idea.

Other than that, I don't think a congress person would even do that something like this on either side of the aisle. But they would read all the Kinsey reports and the like to better understand dating and how to impress a woman/man.

Just my thoughts on useless politicians. Sorry.

 

[Chernosoth]

I can see this working as satire.

Especially if the televised hearings become the nation's most watched reality show.

 

[Lost_Yonder]

Highly conservative evangelical congressman is concerned about the corruption of youth by apps like tinder, and god forbid, grindr. The public rhetoric is of a moral crusade, but his hidden agenda is to find how people connect and hook up...

 

[Hypoxia]

1. the government has solved all of the other pressing problems of the nation and don't have anything else to do to earn their paychecks...

Back in my toddling days, a GOP-led US Senate saw need to investigate comic books twisting the minds of USA youths, and the 'indecency' of garbled song lyrics. Minor matters like racism, sexism, and impending nuclear holocaust took a back seat to moral probes. What better diversion from pandemic and toxic chauvinism than committees looking into dating systems?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Back in my toddling days, a GOP-led US Senate saw need to investigate comic books twisting the minds of USA youths, and the 'indecency' of garbled song lyrics. Minor matters like racism, sexism, and impending nuclear holocaust took a back seat to moral probes. What better diversion from pandemic and toxic chauvinism than committees looking into dating systems?

I believe that. When I was young I really never paid attention to politics. Now that I'm old, I do. I could see back in the 50s & 60s that republicans would do something like that instead of dealing with the much more imposing things that were happening back then, and yet, we survived that. The dating thing, not so much. AIDS, HIV, uncurbable STDS, etc.

 

[MisterTom]

America's weird. Over here in the UK, our politicians got rid of things like racism and sexism years ago. I think it's because we make a point of only electing honest politicians who have the public's interest at heart.

 

[gunhilltrain]

He must be yearning for 1910, or maybe he likes the way they do it in Islamic countries.

Something like half of all marriages fail and for "relationships," it's a lot higher than that. It would take an entirely different kind of society to fix that, which probably is way beyond a political problem that Congress could deal with.

 

[sirhugs]

America's weird. Over here in the UK, our politicians got rid of things like racism and sexism years ago. I think it's because we make a point of only electing honest politicians who have the public's interest at heart.

Yes. In Canada, our politicians just apologized and that fixed everything.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Oh! My! God! There is a post here that I would really like to comment on but this isn't the political board. Arrrrrrr...

 

[Hypoxia]

Something like half of all marriages fail and for "relationships," it's a lot higher than that.

Most failed marriages are amidst serial divorcers having fresh weddings every couple years. Sure, half of my marriages have failed so far, the first lasting only 7 years, the second (still ongoing) is at 42 years. So I'm statistically normal.

Think of relationships as test runs or recreations, often with several going simultaneously, like back in my promiscuous L.A. days. First marriages can be training exercises too, when we learn who not to partner with. Or as the wisdom saying says: Ya gotta kiss a lotta frogs before ya find yer prince.

It would take an entirely different kind of society to fix that, which probably is way beyond a political problem that Congress could deal with.

I doubt we actually have a fixable problem here. European occupiers of North America have had high divorce rates since colonial times. So it's a tradition, not a problem IRL.

But a political investigation can seed a good LIT story. Legislative committee sends staffers out to solicit dates. Hilarity ensues, especially when a hard-driving pol claims on TV to have a list of 39 (or maybe 69) known predators. Their rivals must now produce lengthier lists. What happens to those named?

 

[sirhugs]

Most failed marriages are amidst serial divorcers having fresh weddings every couple years. Sure, half of my marriages have failed so far, the first lasting only 7 years, the second (still ongoing) is at 42 years. So I'm statistically normal.

Think of relationships as test runs or recreations, often with several going simultaneously, like back in my promiscuous L.A. days. First marriages can be training exercises too, when we learn who not to partner with. Or as the wisdom saying says: Ya gotta kiss a lotta frogs before ya find yer prince.


I doubt we actually have a fixable problem here. European occupiers of North America have had high divorce rates since colonial times. So it's a tradition, not a problem IRL.

But a political investigation can seed a good LIT story. Legislative committee sends staffers out to solicit dates. Hilarity ensues, especially when a hard-driving pol claims on TV to have a list of 39 (or maybe 69) known predators. Their rivals must now produce lengthier lists. What happens to those named?

How about a story about a society where by law your first marriage is for no more than five years? The couple's mandatory divorce date is approaching, yet the sex is so great, they don't want to split...