It may be an American import in your country, but dating has been popular in many countries and almost entire western world throughout last century. For exampl

It may be an American import in your country, but dating has been popular in many countries and almost entire western world throughout last century. For example, I come from Poland and one on one dating has been hugely popular throughout Poland even while it was part of Soviet bloc, even though American culture was all but banned here. And in many countries you get only local culture and "American import" in the form of movies and music.