hmm...maybe the grapevine twisted the facts as it always does..lol from what i know, when u are a serious couple and you are courting, there are times when you can be with just that person. perhaps youd both meet at a restaurant, eat dinner, discuss sumthin that is just between you and them, and then leave your seperate ways. so that is the type of association and time you want to limit with your partner. because although you may need to talk to just that person, you dont want to find yourself doing that too much. i didnt bother doing any research on that but i know 3 close friends of mine are dating now...2 of them are elders and one is an MS. They each spend alot of time with their partners...sometimes 5, 6 days in a week, and maybe more then once a day. So if i were to hear that we have to limit spending time with your partner...that just doesnt seem to make sense. However if its that you have to limit "alone time" with your partner..well then yea i can completely understand. This all proves why you hafta be out of the bloom of youth though, since the pressures and desires your facing when your old enough to date, arent the same as when your younger.