Search Results: dating multiple people at a time

So I recently learned that a LOT of people will basically date a bunch of people at the same time until they find one they want to be committed to. I find this upsetting. I mean yeah when I go on a first date with someone I don't feel a commitment yet but I'm not also dating other people at the same time. I find that to be super disrespectful. If it ever happened to me and I saw a girl I had gone on a date with on a different date with someone else. I don't care if we got along super great and even planned another date I'd never talk to her again. I'd just ghost on them because I feel they deserve that.

And it makes me wonder would these people who do that be okay if they saw someone who they had a great date with and wanted to see again and then see that person on a date with a different person. Like unless they are a hypocrite then they have to be totally cool with knowing the other person also dates several people at once.

I don't know it just feels super dehumanizing to me. It's like people are nothing more than trying on clothes at the department store and just taking home the one that you liked best in the mirror.

These day, a lot of people understand dating as the process of screening potential candidates. It goes from initial courting to sleeping together to find out their compatibility in a long term relationship.

So how many people should we be screening at one time for it to be ok? What are the social norms on this one?

Are we suppose to tell each person we date that they are one of many girls/guys we see during the process?