“even if they don’t check all of your boxes–they could still be a great person and dee.”
What’s dee actually supposed to say?
In any case thanks for these thoughts! Definitely something I was struggling on first dates they feel way more formal than friendships. With friendships you don’t have to as concretely decide if you’ll meet up again.
Friendships can also take so many different forms and it’s way more common to have many friends vs many romantic partners specially at once.
I think all these dynamics make dating harder. It’s higher stakes, the decision making is more formal, and it’s with a stranger who you’ve likely never seen in person and possibly never .
Furthermore, I feel like a lot of people are not as open to other possibilities with dates. It either works romantically or it doesn’t work at all.
Note this is all largely in the context of online dating. Of course it’d be naive not to mention the benefits. Online dating provides the opportunity to meet people you otherwise wouldn’t meet. Although it’s a noisy process.
“even if they don’t check all of your boxes–they could still be a great person and dee.”
What’s dee actually supposed to say?
In any case thanks for these thoughts! Definitely something I was struggling on first dates they feel way more formal than friendships. With friendships you don’t have to as concretely decide if you’ll meet up again.
Friendships can also take so many different forms and it’s way more common to have many friends vs many romantic partners specially at once.
I think all these dynamics make dating harder. It’s higher stakes, the decision making is more formal, and it’s with a stranger who you’ve likely never seen in person and possibly never .
Furthermore, I feel like a lot of people are not as open to other possibilities with dates. It either works romantically or it doesn’t work at all.
Note this is all largely in the context of online dating. Of course it’d be naive not to mention the benefits. Online dating provides the opportunity to meet people you otherwise wouldn’t meet. Although it’s a noisy process.