‘Ghosting’ ‘Micro-Cheating’ and Other New Dating Terms

It’s a new dawn for dating.

For any adult whose dating life began in the in the era of social media, dating might not seem so strange. For adults who have been dating across multiple decades, the dating world might feel as foreign and the dystopian future of Divergent. Before ‘dating’ became an accepted past time for single adults there was courtship. It might sound familiar but has become a lost art today. To court someone in the earliest definition of the practice, meant to be involved with romantically, typically with the intention of marrying.

If a man and woman were embarking on a date it was because they knew each other and wanted to explore romantic opportunities.

Dating is difficult today because single adults wait until they on the date to start getting to know the person that they have agreed to spend time with.

Dating is difficult today because single adults wait until they on the date to start getting to know the person that they have agreed to spend time with. Dating also comes with new intentions. While courtship was a clear indicator of marital interest, the reasons anyone will accept a date today varies.