Essay On Traditional Dating

Till Date Do Us Part Flowers. Chocolate. Candlelight. These symbols of traditional dating sound more like the romantic stories I heard from my mother. Or read about in (old) books. Conventional dating is dead and if the current divorce rate is anything to go by, it was not necessarily the best way to build a long, lasting relationship. Dating as redefined today occupies a somewhat middle ground between "hooking-up" (more physical in nature) and being "in a relationship" (more emotional commitment), and increasingly dating is even finding acceptance as a more casual encounter, one that may lead to a serious relationship but just as much, one that may only reflect a need for companionship. This is not unusual and is merely a reflection of a changing society and evolving gender roles: what we want and expect from marriage itself has changed so much so why not from dating? For instance, Kate

Just as going on dates means different things to different people. Changes in expectations from dating and in how we find dates are only a reflection of our evolving society and culture; lets not idealize a past that hasn’t even existed that long. As social historian, Stephanie Coontz , reveals marriage as an institution itself is not that ancient and says "she couldn’t understand how people had become so attached to an idea that had developed so late and been so short-lived". On the other hand, love is much more a part of our biological construct; as Helen Fisher tells Bolick, "love comes from the motor part of the mind, the wanting part that craves that piece of chocolate". And at the heart of it, what we want still endures: love, friendship, relationships. Even if it takes a million dates to get what we want. Or none at