Netflix and Chill, one night stands, matching on tinder and the "talking" stage. This is what comes to mind when I think of dating in my generation. The most uncomfortable/awkward thing I have ever done is explain the "talking" stage to my parents. They looked at me and said "Well what are you talking about?" *insert awkward silence* I replied with "Well, it's not like that, it just means we're not dating yet." *insert more awkward silence* Honestly, looking at how my generation views dating, I'm actually kind of concerned.
What happened to looking for someone with a decent personality? Not just looking for someone who's pretty just so you can sleep with them. What happened to picking up your significant other and taking them out on a real date? I'm not gonna lie, lazy days watching football with your significant other is awesome, but how about taking them out and doing something exciting, like bungee jumping. What happened to telling your girlfriend that you'll be over at 7:00 to pick her up and showing up with flowers in hand. People my age are more concerned with how many people they can sleep with than actually finding someone who is worth their time and has decent morals. It concerns me because I think about my future children and how I don't want them to act like how my generation is behaving right now.
We get so angry when the person we are with doesn't text us back right away, doesn't send cute messages, or a good morning text (I know I'm guilty of this, but I got better). If you ask your parents or grandparents about dating when they were young, they were perfectly fine not talking to their significant other 24/7. Subtweeting (tweeting about someone in a negative way), and deleting cute emjojis by someone's name is the regular thing to do now when couple's fight. Individuals don't work things out anymore, instead they just give up on one another because it's too "hard" or too "stressful". Finally, the saddest thing of all is that loyalty, does not exist. If you are not ready to commit fully to someone and to be with them and give 100% of your heart to them, then I am sorry but you ARE NOT ready for an adult relationship. There is never an excuse to cheat on someone and it happens way too often these days. Almost all of my close friends have been cheated on, and that is horrible to say.
So how about we make dating great again! Let's start calling up individuals and inviting them to dinner and ice skating, instead of Netflix and chilling. Let's get to really know the person we are with and make sure they are someone who makes us a better person instead of just dating someone because they are "hot". Gentlemen, become someone that you would want your future daughter to end up with. Ladies, it's time to become marriage material, instead of mattress material.
