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The "Dating Game"

Dating has become more of a game than a way to find someone to spend your life with, and the rules need to change.

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The "Dating Game"

Despite what everyone else thinks, this generation has done a lot to better the world. We've started large movements, created great things at young ages, and are so much smarter than we look.

But we have killed relationships.

We've convinced each other that commitment to one person is bad and that "talking" is better than taking someone on an actual date and Netflix and Chill has replaced dinner and a movie. Everyone has been saying it, we need to redefine relationships again.

We don't have to go back to courting or giving someone's father ten cows, but there's got to be a better approach to dating than what we are doing now.

First off, "talking" needs to be thrown out the window. You can't truly get to know someone through your phone screen or only hanging out in large groups, this isn't middle school. The older we get, the more important relationships become and we need to start treating them that way.

Talking to ten different people at once isn't going to get you far. Go on dates, take your crush to dinner and learn more about who they are and how the act. Everyone can pretend to be someone else over text or when they're around their friends, but being one on one is different. This whole "talking" game is childish and at some point, we have to grow up.

Second, we need to make dates more important. They don't call it dating for nothing. Sure, watching Netflix is nice, but that's not how you form a good relationship. I'm not saying we have to go out of our ways to make Hollywood like dates, but we need to step up our game.

There are so many cheap and fun things to do, date ideas are all over the internet. Cute outings aren't just reserved for two people in a relationship, dates are supposed to precursors to relationships as well, so take that cute boy or girl out and do something fun.

Third, we suck at communication. We take snapchats, subtweets, and Instagram likes too seriously. You can't get to know someone over social media because that's where we show the world our perfect selves, not our real selves.

We need to communicate face to face more and we certainly need to learn how to communicate our feelings better. This generation has become so good at ignoring feelings and throwing them to the side.

Put the phones down and go have real conversations with the person you like. I promise communicating will help you in the long run.

We need to step up our game. We've changed the dating game once, now let's change it again, this time for the better. Stop "talking" and start doing, because we all know actions speak louder than words.

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