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Kelsey Rother

The New Dating World

               

The new teenage generation has left many trying to navigate the dating world confused. Between words like “going out” and “hooking up” what do all these terms mean,

 Going out based upon cumulative interviews confirm that it is today is two people with a mutual affection hanging out, but over 30 years ago it was two people that knew each other and were serious about each other hanging out. “Hooking up” however is just another new term that today teens have made up, what does this  mean, well according to Aubrey a 17 year old at Eastview High School a

“Hook up is a one night stand, something that maybe is a mistake you will do again and again.”

Interestingly enough some just a year ahead of her 18 year old Philip defines a “hook-up” as

“Getting together with a girl for one night, but doesn’t entail sex”

, and finally according to 52 year old Diane when she was young a “hook up” was

“After a dance going out to a burger joint with a boy”

The differences in statements all have to do with different, generations.  Back in the 70’s the word

“hook-up” wasn’t even used, and today if someone walks up to you and asks you out, and “

“you’ve only know them for a day if you like them enough you’ll say yes and all of a sudden you’re “dating”.  According to 18 year old Philip.

Over 30 years can cause a huge difference, but this new technology era of teens are causing communication between two people to become far apart, which I believe is what is causing the changes between knowing who you are dating, and getting to know them as a friend as you date them something I call a “dating friend” .

Not only is this new generation changing the way the “terms” used for dating, but also they are changing the term dating itself.

“A date is two people being together” Philip.

However according to Diane “its two people hanging out alone”

Now wither or not preferring to be alone on a “date” is your “thing” or not, I personally would not want to be in front of people well trying to be intimate with another human being.

Some of the huge changes in dating terms and the word dating itself is a cause of technology and music.

Technology allows you to talk to a person 24/7 leaving some mystery of not knowing the person to go away completely, and I believe there is such a thing as knowing the person to much, and tending to get tired of them.

Texting according to article base.com accounts to 40% of miscommunication in relationships. This just goes to show that over 30 years ago that 40% didn’t exist, and relationships had a lot better of a chance to reduce that miscommunication.

Also music today has become more then ever a way to increase teenage hormones which are already raging with titles such as “I just has sex” and “best I’ve ever had" leading to more one night stands or “hook ups” rather than a meaningful relationship.  

Making people more aware of the ever changing dating world is just one thing we can can to to integrate more knowledge of the ever changing world around teens.