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  • This house opposes "settling"

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    "Settling" refers to the idea of staying in a relationship where certain needs are not fulfilled or you are making compromises in some aspects that you consider crucial to a relationship. For example, a relationship where your desire for physical attraction and/or romantic compatibility is not fully satisfied.

    Sunway Debate Open 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-08-24

  • This house regrets the stigmatization of love-struck mentality

    Infoslide

    The 'Love-struck mentality' (also known as 恋爱脑) is a term used to describe someone who tends to prioritize romantic relationships above other aspects of life, such as career.

    Fudan Debate Open 2024 · 赛1 · 2024-08-24

  • Taking a break in the context of a relationship means that both partners have agreed to temporarily pause their romantic relationship. This involves taking time apart to reflect on their feelings, address personal issues, and often, consider whether they want to continue the relationship in the future

    Ravi Debating Championship 2024 · Octofinals · 2024-08-23

  • This house would date them anyway

    Infoslide

    There's a technology that enables people to erase all of their memories from a person in their lives. Before doing so, they are required to record in detail the history of their relationship with that person and the reasons for wanting to forget them. Recently, you began dating someone incredible with whom you feel a deep connection you have never experienced before with anyone else. Surprisingly, you both receive recordings that reveal to you you have already been in a relationship in the past and you both chose to break up and delete the memories. The recordings are full of sweet as well as painful memories.

    Accra Open X · Round 2 · 2024-08-22

  • This house prefers the enemies-to-lovers trope over friends-to-lovers in fiction.

    Infoslide

    Enemies-to-lovers is a trope where a character, typically the protagonist, eventually develops a romantic relationship with their antagonist over the course of a plot (e.g. Jon and Ygritte in Game of Thrones, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice). Friends-to-lovers features characters that have a pre-existing platonic relationship that eventually becomes romantic (e.g. Harry and Ginny in Harry Potter).

    CUSID High School Nationals 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-08-17

  • This house would end the relationship before your partner leaves.

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    You are in a committed, fulfilling relationship with your first love, but your partner will be going overseas and will not be able to meet you for a long period of time. Your partner has a history of commitment issues prior to this relationship.

    UT MARA Interschool Debating Championship 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-08-17

  • This house, as Layla, would get the surgery

    Infoslide

    Layla is a lesbian who is secretly in love with her straight best friend. She becomes diagnosed with Hanahaki. Hanahaki is a parasitic and progressive disease that grows flowers in your lungs. Depending how severe the hanahaki is, the flowers can grow to a rate where it fills the lungs, preventing one to breath and eat out the brain, thereby causing death. This disease is developed due to intense romantic feelings that are unrequited. There's only two ways to cure the disease: (1) to have your feelings returned by the one you love, or (2) to undergo a surgery that removes the parasite but also removes any capacity to love, regardless if romantic, filial, or platonic.

    Enchiridion British Parliamentary 2024 · Novice Finals · 2024-08-10

  • This house would disclose your invisibility

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    You met and really hit it off with this person who is blind. You like them and strongly suspect they like you too. You really don't want to mess this up. You are however, invisible

    Humour IV 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-08-09

  • This house supports Relationship Minimalism

    Infoslide

    Relationship Minimalism refers to the practice of regularly purging friendships and/or relationships. This act seeks to declutter an individuals social life based on what the perceived value of the relationship with/without explanation.

    Denning Debating Championship 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-08-02

  • This House Regrets the glorification of the "Villain-Arc".

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, a villain arc is a timeframe where a person bounces back from an unpleasant experience (i.e. a breakup) and proceeds to take out those emotions onto day-to-day activities.

    Cambodian Debate League Open · Semifinals · 2024-07-27

  • "This house regrets the narrative of finding ""the one"" * * “The one” narrative highlights the prominence of pursuing the perfect, ideal partner, often referred to as your soulmate or one true love."

    Intertext Pro Ams 2024 · Am ams Semifinals · 2024-07-27

  • This house believes that the LGBTQ+ movement should actively denounce hypersexualization amongst LGBTQ+ communities

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of the debate, hypersexuality refers to an intense focus on sexuality and sexual expression. Examples include frequent and detailed discussions about one’s sexual experiences and preferences, or through intense public displays of sexual acts/behaviours.

    Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-07-20

  • This house supports weekend marriages

    Infoslide

    "Weekend marriages" are marriages in which couples live apart at separate residences for a majority of their relationship. They maintain other aspects of a traditional marriage, including but not limited to sharing childcare responsibilities and financial obligations to each other

    Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-07-20