TABLE OF CONTENTS
BITE try thai
FEATURE the demise of dating
SPEAK diamonds are a girl's best friend
Along with the standard fairy tales, I grew up hearing the terribil story of my parents' courtship. They met at a Halloween party; she said something so sharp about his Hulk costume that they both refused to ever repeat it. Shortly thereafter, they began the three years of dating that preceded their 24-year (this April) marriage. The details of the courtship blurred together until I got old enough to be courted myself and realized how remarkable they were. "Your dad spent all his money on me," my mom would say."I needed to fatten you up," he replied.
EDITOR'S NOTE
He would drive 30 minutes to her parents' house to pick her up, and again to drop her off at the end of the night — four times a week "We saw every movie," my mom says. "We had so much fun," my dad replies. I took for granted certain details, like the time my dad picked my mom up from her job at the hospital and bought her a new outfit at Dillard's so they could go to a nice restaurant. My dad's car (the passenger door of which he opened for her every time) didn't have a radio, so they talked the whole time during those long car rides — conversations to which they both credit their marriage.
It itseems our generation took the last vestiges of dating culture and replaced them with hooking up — a tradition that, at least to me, is hollow and pale compared to old-fashioned courtship.
What happened? Rachel Zupek's article (p.10) explores the lost art of dating, and the hook-up that replaced it. It's something all of us — single, taken, or somewhere in between — could learn from.
My mom says, "Your dad still treats me like he can't believe I ever went out with him."
JAYPLAYERS
Who doesn't want that?
EDITOR→THE STAR Natalie Johnson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR>THE RAMDOG Lindsey Ramsey
CLERK GETS AROUND TOWN Andrew Campbell
Tara Schupner
Natalie Johnson
COPY EDITOR➔MAKES IT RIGHT
Jodi Holopirek
DESIGNERS ➤ MAKE IT PRETTY
Becka Cremer
Jacky Carter
PHOTOGRAPHER>TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED
Kit Leffler
BITE $\rightarrow$ ALWAYS HAS THE MUNCHIES
Melissa Byrd
Carrie Hillard
Erin Wisdom
OUT TO HITS THE TOWN
David Heller
Charissa Young
NOTICE→TAKES NOTE OF IT
Liz Nartowicz
Malinda Osborne
Carolyn Tharp
HEALTH ➢ KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY Marion Hixon Jason Shaad
CONTACT>HELPS YOUR LOVE LIFE
Stefanie Graves
Kristen Maxwell
Rachel Zupek
CREATIVE CONSULTANT ➤ KNOWS
A LOT
Carol Holstead
WRITE TO US
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