For those of you who were never scn's, thought ya'll might like to know the curious ways scn's dated, found a mate, etc!
It's gonna be funny to the point it should be in Humor Thread, but I'm gonna explain some ways scn's approached others they liked. (more specifically Staff and SO, But I was Staff, so I'll stick to that).
In scn finding a mate was sort of approached in almost a business-like way.
lrh even wrote quite a bit on HOW to get a mate and what to do!
One of these 'tools' (and actually not a bad one imho) was called an 'Admin Scale'
Now I've been out too long to accuarately describe how this was done, but basically you were told to write a list of what you are looking for in a husband/wife. What qualities, what goals do you want them to have, do you both want to work on together? Even what do you want them to look like!
I hope someone will chime in with an example of one, soon.
But at our Org, Both Public and Staff would trade 'Admin Scales' with a prospective person.
If they both 'matched' (or were compatible enough) then they'd both arrange a meeting and 'talk' further about the possibility of dating.
If not, then you'd either not hear from the person you gave yours too, or maybe you would with a polite rejection.
I'm sure there will be stories offered here of how Staff/SO's/Public found their spouses.
(Oh btw: It was strongly discouraged on Staff to 'sleep' with people for the sake of that, alone, so if that was done, it was hush hushed).
Then, once you DID find someone you were compatible and were dating....it would'nt be very long before the EO would ask you: 'So when are you getting married?'

MANY couples I knew felt rushed into marriages due to this kind of pressure! (SO's had it even worse! THEY couldn't even DATE, in the real sense...holding hands, meeting privately to talk, kissing, etc.. I don't think?

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I think they just traded Admin Scales and got together or not!
Ok, THEN once the couple got to talking, they'd outline their Admin Scales and fine-tune them. You should sit in on one of these! It's really weird, VERY business-like,
LOVE and romance was kinda not mentioned when you are in scn.....VERY strange.
Oh and in case you were wondering? No, sex wasn't approached with any kind of paperwork!
(But who knows what kinda foreplay scn's would do! Maybe they'd do the first two TR's before lovemaking or something....)