Dating, Whats The Point?

I believe that dating is essential to a relationship. I do not agree with the anti-daters when they say that it is an "essential context for divorce". I believe that when dating you can form an attachment and truly discover each other over a period of time. Through dating it also gives you some time to either discover that this is your true love or to discover the traits that your true love should possess. When I say dating, I do not mean hooking-up. Now of days, many people use these words interchangeably, which should not be done. They do not mean the same thing. Presently, when people say hooking- up they mean having sex, but when people say dating it means actually looking for a commitment with another person. Dating also means that you know a person and you want to continue to spend time with him/her for a long time. Hooking-up does not mean that. Sometimes when a person is “hooking-up” they may not even know each other’s names. Hooking-up as become more normal in society than dating is because with hooking-up you do not need to put in any commitment or effort. Many teenagers experience hooking-up more frequently than dating, and if I had a voice in the way people did things, I would chose for more dates than hook-up sessions.