Dating

• Dating


  The activity or way of going out with someone to share social activities
• Dating


  • Some teenagers start to go out on a date during high school to someone they are attracted to
  • Others do not start dating until they become adolescent
• Dating practices


  • Differ for every individual depending on their family guidelines
  • Most adolescents and teenagers date in a casual way with the permission of their parents
  • After several dates, some couples or partners decide to go steady
• Importance of dating


  • It gives an opportunity to learn and discover attitudes of others
  • It helps to develop communication skills and self-esteem
  • It helps to discover what qualities you want in the person you choose for lifetime partner
• Attraction


  Relationship longevity depends on how much two people's life goals align
• Everyone must meet to date
• Major stages of dating

  1. The meeting

  2. Establishing a crush

  3. Declaring a crush

  4. The awkwardness

  5. The first date

  6. "What are we?" stage

  7. The lovey dovey stage

  8. Being a partner
• Courtship


  A period that often leads to romantic relationship and engagement before marriage
• When you're getting closer to someone there are a lot of barriers to overcome and some are easier than others
• You have to have a first "date" in some sense of the word
• "Defining the relationship or the exclusively relationship talk"
• It's when you're both smitten and enjoying your time together, learning new things about each other, and growing as a couple
• The "final" stage (because real relationships really have no end or final stage) looks drastically different for so many people