How do you date in 2018?

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sheltondq
sheltondq Posts: 51 Member
I’m at a loss as to how to start dating again and 2018. It’s been a while since I’ve dated and I don’t understand how following someone on Snapchat or Instagram leads to a relationship.
It’s like people “talk to”, then sleep with, then date someone. How can you start dating someone if you’ve never truly sat down and talk to them and gotten to know them? I’m not someone who sleeps with someone that I barely know.
My Friends and I met a group of guys and one of the guys told me that it felt like I was interviewing him when I was just asking him questions about where he went to school and like his favorite thing to do and stuff like that just making conversation. But then later he messages me wanting to hook up which didn’t make any since.
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  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
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    I just had my 37th anniversary so I am no help here but I am pretty sure it involves a phone app these days.
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
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    How has no one made a "swipe right" joke about Tinder yet? :D
  • DJtobias13
    DJtobias13 Posts: 256 Member
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    Where was this hook up first date later mentality when I was younger :D
  • km8907
    km8907 Posts: 3,861 Member
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    I don't. I've given up.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    Before my wife was my wife, she was a hookup at a party...then we started dating...been married going on 13 years and together going on 18.
  • Versicolour
    Versicolour Posts: 7,164 Member
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    If you figure it out, let me know. I don't have a clue.
  • xFunctionalStrengthx
    xFunctionalStrengthx Posts: 4,928 Member
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    How do I date in 2018?

    I haven't even given it a thought. Far too busy to consider dating someone. I can't give them the time they deserve in a relationship at the moment. So, I just don't think about it.

    Hell, I don't think I even have time to make a FWB work at the moment...
  • dspjohn
    dspjohn Posts: 1 Member
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    I think the issue with people that don’t know how to find dates is that they have a small social circle. Remember before social media or internet most people met randomly or they were introduced by a mutual friend. I personally never had an issue finding a person to date. The reason being is that I know so many people, i have a large group of tight knit friends most that I met in college. I say start making friend in person and drop the social media/dating apps. It’s going to sound horrible, but I feel everyone on dating apps are those who are too lazy or weird to meet people in person. They usually have *kitten* attitudes or are completely weird... also too many people can “front” online, make themselves someone who they really aren’t. I say go out there and meet people, if you’re antisocial then good luck finding someone
  • dwrightlaw
    dwrightlaw Posts: 804 Member
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    newmeadow wrote: »
    Resign yourself to the strong and distinct possibilities of herpes, HPV, lots of wasted time, increased feelings of loneliness and rejection, jealousy you never knew you had, anxiety about your appearance, false hope that is easily and constantly dashed, the frustration and constant misunderstandings that texting and emailing facilitate, and generally being more unhappy than before you decided to enter the 2018 dating world.

    Find or develop a hobby or two or three. Meet up with people in person who enjoy said hobbies. Have a good time. Have no expectations. See what happens. The worst thing that can happen is you'll make some new friends.

    ^^^
    This
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    edited February 2018
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    Dating in 2018? We send dkpix and #*kitten*, then get laughed at to obscurity until we become reclusive hermits and follow thirst traps to send dkpix and #*kitten*.

    Answering for a friend.
  • ZombieKillaPrincess
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    IDK but if you figure it out let me know! So far, it's the worst. Everyone just wants to hook up. I don't mind the hooking up but I want it to be with one person... where we don't sleep around and can also be friends... so basically a relationship... lol... clearly I was born in the wrong era.
  • W8WarI
    W8WarI Posts: 567 Member
    edited February 2018
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    sheltondq wrote: »
    I’m at a loss as to how to start dating again and 2018. It’s been a while since I’ve dated and I don’t understand how following someone on Snapchat or Instagram leads to a relationship.
    It’s like people “talk to”, then sleep with, then date someone. How can you start dating someone if you’ve never truly sat down and talk to them and gotten to know them? I’m not someone who sleeps with someone that I barely know.
    My Friends and I met a group of guys and one of the guys told me that it felt like I was interviewing him when I was just asking him questions about where he went to school and like his favorite thing to do and stuff like that just making conversation. But then later he messages me wanting to hook up which didn’t make any since.

    I don't date. Unless it's putting a label on leftovers. Women are interested in two things...how much money I make...and how much of my time they can occupy...ergo they are interested in me expressly for 2 of my 3 most important resources. Typically a woman wants to know how much money i make within 3 or 4 messages on any given dating platform. It's an interesting experiment. Sometimes I say $50,000 per year...sometimes $150,000 per year. Guess which answer typically receives heightened interest and further engagement. Sometimes even having a second account and talking to the same person simultaneously and giving her one of each. Guess which one she ghosts almost right away every time. Call me what you will for conducting these little social experiments but the truth is revealed in uncomfortable fashions.

    My advice. Don't date.

    How about just ceasing, all contact if/when they begin; questioning your income instead?
  • an0nemus
    an0nemus Posts: 149 Member
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    There are 3 VERY important rules to dating:
    1) Don't be needy
    2) Be attractive
    3) Don't be not attractive

    Actually, I think as long as you got 2) you can ignore 1)....at least for a while.
  • Carillon_Campanello
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    anubis609 wrote: »
    Dating in 2018? We send dkpix and #*kitten*, then get laughed at to obscurity until we become reclusive hermits and follow thirst traps to send dkpix and #*kitten*.

    Answering for a friend.

    Still sending Dpix in 2018. Brah???? We all F-bois nowadays. Gotta phone you a Fboi. Doesn't matter if you did the deed or not. Guilty. No need to continue the thirst.
  • sheltondq
    sheltondq Posts: 51 Member
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    IDK but if you figure it out let me know! So far, it's the worst. Everyone just wants to hook up. I don't mind the hooking up but I want it to be with one person... where we don't sleep around and can also be friends... so basically a relationship... lol... clearly I was born in the wrong era.

    This is exactly how I feel. I’d would do a FWB as long as as we’re not sleeping around lol.