To be honest, the title of this blog is a fact. This is just a response about AKB48, JKT48 and other idol group's rules against love. This post maybe frank, so I will apologize first for my future mistakes.
Some people already knew that most Indonesian embrace Islamic religion. This affect Indonesian's lifestyle very much, including formal education. Beside public schools, we also have religious school for every education. I went to Islamic religious private school since kindergarten until junior high, and currently a student in a public senior high school.
So what is the matter with this religious school? Islam has the rule to not stay tandem with someone who is not family related, including future marriage partner. Easily said, it does not allow its followers to have a relationship before marriage : courtship or engagement. So, in some Islamic religious school, no-dating rules exist. This does not mean to forbid male and female to interact with each other. This rule exist to secure their pride and honor until they meet their partner by holy relationship, marriage.
Now let me tell you about myself. I am 17 years old female student, I do fall in love with male, I had been confessed, I do want to marry someone in the future, but I never date someone, and I am very happy with that. Seventeen years being single never make me sad. I dare to say it is not only me who is like this. This is thanks to my elementary and junior high school's no dating rule.
My teachers always teach me until now that dating is a fragile relationship. It can be start anytime and end anytime, it does not bound by law, and it has more advantages on the male's side. Time for dating can also be used for more other important thing. Lovers are temporarily, but friends are eternal. That were things that made me have zero interest in dating.
Unfortunately, the present Indonesia is no longer like that. Many people ignored this rule. This make Indonesia seems to not have so much difference about dating with another countries.
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They should teach the members like my teachers taught, so they will still be happy even though they are single :v
