I just met my soulmate!  I never thought it could happen, but it did, and I love him so much!  He said he wants to court me!  So sweet!
How wonderful! Courtship marks the beginning of a more enduring kind of relationship, but before engagement and marriage
Really?  I never heard of the term until he said he wanted to court me!  Tonight he's taking me to the movies!  I can't wait!
Courtship
Courtship is the period of development towards an intimate relationship wherein a couple get to know each other and decide if there will be an engagement, followed by a marriage. A courtship may be an informal and private matter between two people or may be a public affair, or a formal arrangement with family approval. Traditionally, in the case of a formal engagement, it has been perceived that it is the role of a male to actively "court" or "woo" a female, thus encouraging her to understand
really never heard of the term noodling before and for some reason I immediately imagined it was about, of all things, masturbation. I guess it sort of... Oh, it sounded sort of funny and perverted and that's just what I thought. And even though Bradley continued sort of talking, telling about his idea, all this stuff kind of happening in a, you know, a couple of seconds, my mind was still building up this bizarre masturbation story and so by now I was thinking that he was going