I think it's safe to assume that this generation has not properly been taught a lot of things that the older generations have mastered. Dating seems to be the thing of the past nowadays. Being asked out on a proper date seems to be a completely foreign concept. Today, "a date" has been evolved into the infamous "hook up". Relationships have not been taken seriously for quite some time now. People don't look for a long term relationship or a future with someone. Our older generations were so keen to start out a relationship for all the right reasons.

Now, people just ask for friends with benefits or a "hook up buddy". What happened to those dates? Dating seems to be so useless lately. There's Tinder, Christian Mingle, and Match.com that will basically do the hard part for you and match you with someone. There's also TV shows like Married At First Sight, Bachelor/Bachelorette, and Love At First Kiss. Sometimes all people ever do is hook up anyways. I feel as though dating websites and the internet completely defeats the purpose of meeting someone in person and starting the relationship the right way.

People used to meet face to face instead of on opposite sides of a computer screen. (Ladies and gentlemen, that's why Catfish-the TV show exists) The level of disappointment is established when a couple forms a bond through the internet rather than in person. People take these websites, apps, and TV shows for granted. Sometimes people abuse the "dating game" and see multiple people until they find a person worth dating.

In this generation, many people refer to their current relationship status as "dating", which can mean a number of things. It can be very casual and each party can see other people, or it can be very exclusive. The term "dating" does not adequately define a relationship anymore. If you were dating way back when, it meant you two were a couple. Exclusiveness was sort of assumed, but now, it is certainly not guaranteed. There was no such thing as an "open relationship". There were only 2 choices, "single", or "in a relationship". It's no secret that dating has changed over the years. We have quickly evolved from looking for something permanent into looking for something very temporary to crack the shell of boredom and sooth our loneliness.

I wish I remembered a time where proper dates were a thing. I wish I had experienced that. A time where the guy would ask out the girl, they would both get ready, and go out on a nice date. The guy would always pick up the girl at her house. Today, if the guy even opens the door for you, it was a very good start. I wish I remembered a time where getting into a relationship meant working and building the relationship, exclusively. I wish we could go back to a simpler time where dating meant dating and the words "hooking up" ceased to exist as we know it.