I decided to interview my parents and my friend who recently started dating someone in college for this interview. My parents have been together for 27 years and the new couple has been together for 1 month. They had similar answers from the SLR Quiz, which surprised me because they have had different experiences. My parents started dating after college and the new couple just started dating when college started, so it was interesting to hear the differences in their relationships.

My parents took the quiz separately and then I talked to them both about their answers together. They mostly had the same answers for the questions except for number 9 on the quiz, which says that “there’s such a thing as ‘love at first sight.” When they explained their answers for this questions, it was really interesting because my dad thought it was love at first sight when he saw my mom, but my mom disagreed. It is actually a funny story because my dad fell in love with my mom right away, but my mom did not feel the same at first. My dad had to continue to try to talk to her and go on dates with her, while my mom played hard to get. It was really interesting how one partner can think it was love at first sight and the other partner does not agree. After talking about the quiz, I then went to ask them about their thoughts on sex, love and romance in the media. My dad did not really know anything about the media because he has no social media and he does not really care about celebrities and their loves lives. My mom has social media and follows celebrities relationships and thinks it is very interesting because she believes the media makes false claims about celebrities relationships. My mom is interested in it even though she does not believe it. They both watch TV and movies together and they believe some relationships shown on television can be true love and how it is in real life, but they said some shows portray it wrong. They do not really watch reality TV, so they did not have many comments about it other than they think it is fake and just too dramatic. My parents mostly agreed on everything together, which I thought was very interesting because since they have been married for so long, I would think they would be able to disagree with each other more, but they did not.

My friend has just started dating this guy in college, so I decided to interview them both and see the difference between my parents conversation and theirs. They both took the SLR Quiz separately and then I talked to them both about it together, as I did with my parents. This couple agreed on every question, which I found interesting. I think they did that because they are a new couple and do not want to disagree or fight with each other because they are so happy right now. They were more interested in talking about sex, love and romance in the media because they both follow the media and use every social media such as snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook. They both follow many celebrities on Instagram and look at snapchat to see what is new about celebrities relationships almost every day. They said they are very interested in their relationships and believe most about what they say. I was interested by that comment because most people follow it, but don’t believe everything the media says about it. They also watch reality TV, listen to new music, and new movies. They said they find reality TV really entertaining because it is funny to watch how dramatic it can be. I asked them if they believe the drama on those shows is real and they said some of it is real, but most of the time it is not. They also listen to new music and they said they don’t really listen to the lyrics of the songs, they just like them. This was interesting to me because some of the music today has a lot about sex, love and romance, but they said they do not really listen for that reason.

After interviewing these two couples, there were some major differences I saw. My parents were not afraid to disagree with each other, but they had most of the same thoughts and values about sex, love and romance. I noticed that the new couple was more afraid to disagree with each other, so they agreed most of the time with each other. The main difference between these two interviews was about sex, love and romance in the media today. My parents had little to no comments about it because they do not follow it as much as the new couple did. The new couple have more interest in the media and new TV productions, so I understand why they would have more to say. The SLR quiz was mostly the same for both couples, but my parents were okay with disagreeing with each other, as the new couple was not.

This interview was very interesting because I have never thought about talking to couples about their thoughts on sex, love and romance in the media. I found out new things about my parents that I never knew and also new things about my friend and her boyfriend. I saw the differences and similarities in their relationships which was very interesting to see.

Thanks for reading!

Mackenzie Myers