My dad saw my mom across the student union and instantly fell in love. A classic '80s love story. That weekend, he found out what party she would be attending, went, and forced himself into a conversation with her. He actually followed her out to her car and demanded a word with her at school on Monday morning (kind of creepy, kind of cute). Six years and two breakups later, they were married and are still the sweetest couple I know.

This week, I received a Snapchat notification that a boy I had been crushing on since the 2nd grade wanted to add me by Snap Code. The next day, this boy Snapchatted me, barely made conversation, sent me pictures of the TV show he was watching and left me on "read" 10 minutes later.

Not only is the fact that this boy struggled with flirting with me through Snapchat awful, but the fact that I was offended because he left me on "read," not that he flirted with me through social media, was even worse.

Did you pick up on the anger in my voice?

When did we start settling for lack luster Snapchats, Twitter DMs, or even texts? When did it become so easy for the boy to get your attention and your hopes up? What ever happened to “hey can I get your number?” and late night phone calls and, wait for it, actual first dates! No, not Netflix and chill, not even the movies. I am talking about the "I will pick you up 7," ring the door bell, dress up go to dinner kind of date. The constant flirting and the oh-so-lusted-for chase. The butterflies in your stomach, 20 seconds of courage, face-to-face romance.

Today, we hide behind the security of phones and usernames just to protect us from the horrors of a let-down. But what do we have to lose? Literally nothing at all. We should be stepping out of our comfort zones and out from behind the screens, put on a lovely dress, and go get to know someone. If it wasn’t for the confidence that my dad had to basically stalk my mom, follow her to not only a party, but out to her car, I wouldn’t even be here.

I know that the concept is over-done and you have heard it all before, but honestly, when was the last first date you had where you knew nothing about the other person, except his name and his phone number? Have you even been on a date like that? Honestly, the boy who actually puts in that kind of effort to get to know you, the real you and not the one behind the username, is probably going to be an incredibly genuine person.

So let’s give it a shot.

Let’s go on a classic first date.

Maybe, hopefully, we will never go back.

My mom and dad, the day they got engaged