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It seems to me a different experience to what I've seen in American movies or observed with American friends. There's less formality and expectation. There's no
by Veen 4y ago
It seems to me a different experience to what I've seen in American movies or observed with American friends. There's less formality and expectation. There's no progression from first date to second date and so on. You start the "dating" part once you're pretty sure you really want to spend time with someone, i.e. you're fairly confident it's a relationship that's going somewhere before you start "dating". It's less exploratory than US dating seems to me. The "doing stuff alone together" is more the culmination of a process of familiarizing yourself with each other than the beginning of something new.
- sentirist 4y agoAmerican romantic comedies have nothing to do with reality. As realistic as the beautiful people playing the leading roles being romantically unwanted. There really is no "dating" part in America. You either go on dates or you are in a relationship. If anything, if you are "dating" someone it means you are seeing other people on other dates as well. We really use the word "dates" to differentiate from interactions of platonic friendships. Still though this tends to be unspoken. It is not uncommon for one person to think they are on a "date" and one person to think they are just meeting as platonic friends. This article I would imagine is saying 40% have had no romantic interaction with another person.
- rhino369 4y agoAmericans have both kinds of dating. The more formalized date progression is usually for older people and for people who don't know each other organically from social circles. But I'd guess most couples meet in social circles and sort of pair off when they decide its going somewhere. Movies and TV focus on the formal stuff because its a better source of comedy/drama.