Search Results: definition of dating

It's a poll question.

See below for definitions of 'date' and 'relationship' for use in this poll.

Recently I went out on a date with this girl, age 19, and she said she had never been on a date.. ever. And then I read some stuff here on GAG with people in the 18-24 never having been a relationship. So I'm curious what the actual statistics are... I theorize that this newer generation born in the 90's are as a whole de-emphasizing dating and relationships in terms of how important it is in their life. It's just a trend that I see.

Please answer honestly, this is for science! (sort of) lol

Go anon if you have to, no judgement.

For this poll we will classify:

***Being on a Date = A girl and guy getting together at a pre-determined time and place, having consensually agreed to see each other to evaluate the possibility of getting into a love relationship. Note that a date is NOT hanging out with your friends causally and you and some girl/guy start flirting. The time during that flirting when you make that time & place 'date'... when you actually do THAT date, it is classified as a date.

And just for the heck of it lets see how many have actually been in a relationship. And for the purposes of this poll we will definite that as:

***Being in a Relationship = A period of time in which a guy and a girl refer to each other as 'girlfriend' or 'boyfriend' when talking about their partner to someone else, or, you engage in affectionate behavior and/or intimacy with one another, or, when asked if you are 'seeing someone' or if you are 'single', you say they are 'taken' or 'in a relationship' (your partner must be doing the same things mentioned)