We were sitting at family dinner the other night, and my dad makes the statement, "You know it's bad when you want your daughter to have a boyfriend." For those that know my dad, they know he has always been extremely protective. And he is right. That is a little sad, but often times I have to explain that the boys these days don't really put in much effort outside of social media.

Don't worry, I definitely stepped back and considered myself as the problem… several times. However, I stopped putting so much of the blame on myself when I realized that nearly all of my girlfriends feel the same way. We all have a select few guys that communicate with us over the phone whether it be Snapchat or iMessage, but it never really makes it past that point.

Most dates we go on are with guys that we have established more of platonic friendships with, but this day in age who would turn down a fun night out? Sometimes it is nice to be reminded how you should be treated.

A lot of us are at least nineteen, some of us older. When does the time come that we finally delete our social media? Does that time come? Are we going to continue to keep up with Snapchat streaks and Instagram likes while also juggling a real job, a spouse, and potentially children?

I am renewed with a sense of optimism when I see people getting engaged on Instagram that are not much older than us, you know, seeing that they made it to marriage.

Although, I then begin to consider the fact that I am able to see a couple that I don't know well or sometimes even at all getting engaged on social media, because they are still actively using their Instagram and other forms of social media. You all know what I'm talking about… that explore page is full of seemingly blissful, beautiful people who just seem to have it all together.

I do not necessarily consider myself old school in many different aspects of life, but I am genuinely enthralled with interest in how all of our social media dependent lives are going to run their courses.

There is something much more appealing about taking photos on a camera of my children for scrapbooks and family memories rather than on a four-inch iPhone to share with people I don't even really know anymore on Instagram or Facebook. If you ask me, it has become more of a competition of who has what, whose kids are most successful, and so on.

Facebook is already known as a media outlet for those age 30 and up, so I can only imagine that Instagram is not far behind it. Unfortunately, it seems that our generation will have everything to do with it all.

It is incredibly hypocritical for me to even be sitting here typing this when I currently have 2 Instagram stories up, a Snapchat story, and a score of over 500,000. Sheesh, I should have thought this one through.

Although, I do not know that many of my friends and I would ever keep in touch without all of these things let alone make plans to see each-other.

This brings me to another point, going to bars is a part of life that many 21 plus year olds decide to partake in. What's the harm in treating yourself to a evening on the town? So, say the tradition continues; which it inevitably will.

For those of you who already are 21 or older, when you're out and about and meet someone worth continuing to get to know, how do you handle that? Do you ask them for their Snapchat or do you actually ask for their phone number with intention of calling rather than texting? Or did that concept die around the same time MySpace did?

I just have so many questions, and I do not think I am the only one. I hope somewhere along the virtual line we've been walking, we snap out of it and start being raw humans again that are able to understand and express our emotions in real-time.