1/9(Sat)Falling in love is the easy part(Host: Neo Lu)

[mmgg6006]

Hello my friends! This weekend we will discuss love and the relationship with your favorite persons. Somebody says falling in love is the hardest part. Somebody says, however, staying in love is the hardest one. Let’s start from Mandy Len Catron’s speech in TED firstly!

Session I Falling in love is the easy part
https://www.ted.com/talks/mandy_len_cat ... rt#t-95459
https://tw.voicetube.com/videos/33086?ref=translated (optional)

Questions:
1. Do you think the thirty-six questions raised in the speech are useful? If yes, which questions do you think the most useful? If no, please provide your reasons and suggest the better ways to increase the likelihood that they were fall in love.
2. Try to recall your memory, when did you know your current lover? Who is the person giving the conversation firstly? Which one of his/her features attracts you?
3. Is there any similarities between your situation and the thirty-six questions?

Session II Falling In Love Is Easy — It’s Staying In Love That’s Hard
http://elitedaily.com/dating/falling-lo ... rd/921864/

Questions:
1. Do you agree with the views raised in this article?
2. If you have a serious conflict with your favorite person, what will you do to prevent the result getting worse?
3. What kind of relationship do you expect? A long-term and stable or a short-term but with passion?
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Agenda:
15:45 ~ 16:00pm Greetings & Free Talk / Ordering Beverage or Meal / Getting Newcomer’s Information
16:00 ~ 16:10pm Opening Remarks / Newcomer’s Self-introduction / Grouping
(Session I)
16:10 ~ 16:50pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
16:50 ~ 17:10pm Summarization (20 mins)
17:10 ~ 17:25pm Regrouping / Instruction Giving / Taking a 10 Minutes Break (Intermission)
(Session II)
17:25 ~ 18:05pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
18:05 ~ 18:25pm Summarization (20 mins)
18:25 ~ 18:30pm Concluding Remarks / Announcements
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[Michael-liu]

good topic! Everybody likes this kind of topic!

The turnout may be quite high

[Rock]

Hello my friends! This weekend we will discuss love and the relationship with your favorite persons....

I wonder if my wife would give me the permission to discuss love with my favorite persons

[Luis Ko]

Hello my friends! This weekend we will discuss love and the relationship with your favorite persons....

I wonder if my wife would give me the permission to discuss love with my favorite persons

do it secretly lo.. just don't let her know it..

[Iris Wu]

Right, "Falling in love is the easy part", tell me about it!
You see many couples in their 80's, what still keeps them together? For the convenience or just because of "no way out"?
Yeah, you talk to your spouse about money and chores, and discuss "love and relationship with you spouse" with your favorite people using past tense!

[Rock]

Dear Iris,
Why do you sound angry about it? We haven't done anything yet....

[Rock]

do it secretly lo.. just don't let her know it..

No reason to risk my life for the so-called "love".

[Iris Wu]

Dear Iris,
Why do you sound angry about it? We haven't done anything yet....

Did I? I was just trying to show I agreed with the title...
Or you mean I revealed the truth, did you guys actually discuss with your favorite people about your relationship with your spouse using past tense?

[Michael-liu]

We talked about marriage a lot in today’s dinner, and I mentioned the following quote

“Whoever you choose to be married with would be a wrong choice, so a lasting marriage is just to make the best out of a mistake”

原來 this quote is a line in a Chinese movie- 非誠勿擾2

As today’s article mentioned, “acceptance” is important in a relationship. I am still struggling and trying to achieve it. We all know “easier said than done”. Maybe next time we can talk about this issue -How we can achieve “acceptance” in a relationship or in a marriage.

(By the way, please correct my translation of this movie line if there is any grammatical error. Thanks)

[Rock]

Dear Michael,
As your senior, in terms of both marriage and life, I can tell you the secret of "acceptance". To achieve "acceptance", you have to "give up" first.

It's not so bad, actually. There is always reincarnation.

[tashi]

14 Attendees:

Fin Hung
Gloria Lo
Steve
Ruby
Laura
Tom
Blithe
Sabrina
Christina
Yvonne
Michael
Julian
Wendy
Howard