An interesting thing to read. :)
From a leaflet "Rules for Keeping Company" (1962)
"1. Close association and friendship, or what is known as company-keeping (dating), between a man and a woman who cannot get married, or who do not intend to ever get married, or who should not think of marriage for some years to come, is always seriously wrong. Therefore: ...2) if one does not intend to get married, one has no right to keep another person from other opportunities to contract marriage, and no right to run the risks of company-keeping...
2. Company-keeping does not entitle man and woman to the right of long, private, unguarded interviews with one another, nor to any of the familiarities that usually arise from lonely trysts. Company-keeping is safe only when it is kept for the most part out in the open, i.e., in such a manner that others may or could observe it at all times and see nothing wrong.
3. Company-keeping must not be too prolonged. It does not require several years for a man and woman to ascertain whether they are suited to one another for marriage. If it is possible, it is, after a reasonable time (six months to a year), obligatory on the man to speak of getting married before long. If there be obstacles to marriage within that time, they must doo all the more to keep out of occasions of sin (such as lonely meetings) if they are to be allowed to continue going together."
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