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Man ask woman out.Has plans.Man picks up woman in a car.They go to planned desination.They do small talk get to know each other.Hang out again if it goes well. Maybe kiss later if mutual attraction.Date more if things are going well.
I find the part in bold to be oddly specific. I've been on plenty of dates where the woman asked me, or the woman drove us, or we both drove and met there. (I find meeting for first dates to be especially common in the age of internet dating, as a safety precaution if nothing else.) Also, back when I lived in college towns and more recently living in a major urban area, I've been on plenty of dates where we walked or took public transportation. I can even think of one off the top of my head where we biked.
The "planned destination" part isn't as strange to me, though I've also been on plenty of dates where we were spontaneous about the destination. This is especially likely to happen after we know each other a little better, but sometimes even happens in the middle of a first or second date.
The rest of your definition fits with my experience, though I might replace "kiss" with "physical intimacy," since it could be anything from a hug to hours of wild sex.
However, I have known people that use the term dating as a veil to hide the relationship status. That way, they can bring anyone around they are dating to their friends/family, and without the announcement of boyfriend/girlfriend, no one knows how serious dating is.
Good point. It's an intentionally general term in that sense. I don't think of it as "hiding" so much as maintaining a semblance of privacy, though, since it's really nobody's business except the people in the actual relationship.
When you are asked (such as in this forum, or on OKCupid) "Would you date someone who . . . ?", what are you thinking of when you answer?
I've "dated" lots of women whom I never had sex with, never had any prospects of sex with, never had any inclination toward sex with.
I'm not sure what date means anymore. When I was younger going on a date and dating somebody were two different things. Going on a date meant going out with a woman to maybe dinner or going for a walk or to.the bowling alley, a concert a movie, a ride or something like that. We were just friends and were getting to know each other better and were contemplating the posibility of something else. However if I said I was dating a woman it meant that we were officially boyfriend and girlfriend and we were in an exclusive and committed relationship. It did not necessarily mean we were intimately involved.
For me going on a "date" means I'm meeting up with someone that I would like to get to know better. I don't think I've ever used it in a relationship whether it was dinner or what not. Dating was always casual
I took awhile to think about this and decided to vote:
"Enter into a potentially permanent relationship with."
I take going out on a date very seriously. I'm not into ONS, never have been. Getting to know someone before any outing is important to me. There is the potential and it isn't just one date or short term.
In my opinion, "hanging out and chilling" isn't a date.
This is really just a semantic difference, since "hanging out" is what you're actually doing on most dates. (You may be hanging out at a restaurant, movie theater, or park, but you're still hanging out.) That being said, I realize it's an important semantic difference for some people, because the word "date" implies that you have certain intentions of pursuing something romantic, whereas hanging out is more vague. Personally, though, I don't care what we call it. I care more about what we're thinking, feeling, discussing, and experiencing together than I do the label.
I find the part in bold to be oddly specific. I've been on plenty of dates where the woman asked me, or the woman drove us, or we both drove and met there. (I find meeting for first dates to be especially common in the age of internet dating, as a safety precaution if nothing else.) Also, back when I lived in college towns and more recently living in a major urban area, I've been on plenty of dates where we walked or took public transportation. I can even think of one off the top of my head where we biked.
The "planned destination" part isn't as strange to me, though I've also been on plenty of dates where we were spontaneous about the destination. This is especially likely to happen after we know each other a little better, but sometimes even happens in the middle of a first or second date.
The rest of your definition fits with my experience, though I might replace "kiss" with "physical intimacy," since it could be anything from a hug to hours of wild sex.
This is true I picked up a guy or two and I made plans because I knew the area.
I like hugs in the beginning you can have the wild sex. Lol
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Date does not mean relationship. I don't know why so many people think that. You can date more than one person at a time. There's nothing wrong with that as long as you aren't in a relationship. All a date means is you went out with someone once. If you want another date or to be exclusive then you go from there but a date is just a date. There is no commitment.
Date does not mean relationship. I don't know why so many people think that. You can date more than one person at a time. There's nothing wrong with that as long as you aren't in a relationship. All a date means is you went out with someone once. If you want another date or to be exclusive then you go from there but a date is just a date. There is no commitment.
With someone new?
Who said that? Do you know what the word "potentially" means?
Your post is common knowledge except this:
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You can date more than one person at a time. There's nothing wrong with that as long as you aren't in a relationship.
If the parties agree it is still a relationship. It's not written in stone that it has to be monogamous.
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