Miss AlligatorI met my boyfriend soon after I started college, so that might be the reason that we never went on a "real date" until we were officially together (and even then, in nine months, we've only been on three). I didn't have boyfriends in high school, because I was just too busy with academics, along with the fact that I was way too angsty (but that's a different story, haha). Even then, I'm not all that sure that other high schoolers ever went on dates before being "official". The dates I imagine that people don't seem to be having are the ones I remember Cory & Shawn going on in Boy Meets World (I watched that show religiously about 10 years ago, so maybe the whole actually dating thing is just out of style now?)
In college, it seems like other couples got together the same way that my boyfriend and I did. They start as friends, begin hanging out a lot, feelings develop on either side, someone makes a move, and then if the people involved decide they want to make things official, they'll do so by putting it on Facebook (It's sad, but I think some people see it this way: It's only official if it's on Facebook :P)
So I wanted to know, does anyone these days go on dates before they become official and have the title of being in a relationship?
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Yea! My current boyfriend and I went on three dates outside of the summer class we had together before he asked me to be his girlfriend... Since we didn't meet through mutual friends, it'd be kindof hard for us to just keep hanging out in class... So before summer school was over, he asked me to the midnight showing of the dark knight, i went, and on our second date to the mall and a movie, he held my hand, and on the third date, he asked me out... So I guess it was as combo of both. We met, talked, and kind of liked each other, but we did actually go out before we made it official.
For my boyfriend and I, we met in college and started as friends. We developed feelings, confessed to one another, and went on a first date. I definitely encourage going on dates, because you'll test out the transition from friends to couples.
Oh, when he asked me to be his girlfriend, he asked me if I would change my Facebook status =P