Is Dating Dead?

Angie Beach
Yes!! Dating is dead. What happened to flowers, opening doors for ladies, and the nervous goodnight

kiss. I remember when my boyfriend to meet my folks and get grilled by my dad, a former Army Major!

What ever happened to a two people making plans a week early for a real dinner, and an activity. Not

just drive thru and a movie. When I was dating, my husband took me to the Zoo, an amusement park

and we really spent time together. We talked, we laughed, we fought. We really got to know each

other. We learned about each other, and most importantly I learned how to read his face. I could tell

when he was lying to me, when he was keeping a secret all of that. That is something you lose when

you date on-line. I’ve been with the same man for 19 years now, so I’m not really sure how people date

now. It seems like dating apps, just swipe right or heart a picture and a profile. I’m scared that my kids

will have their spouse, male of female, picked by science and will marry them just because they are a

perfect match on paper. My husband and I couldn’t be more different, we have nothing in common

except the fact we adore each other! People that are too much alike have nothing to learn about,

nothing to fight about. Science is great when testing your blood or figuring out how far away the moon

is. But when science picks your perfect mate it feels a bit Orwell-ian. What’s next all lawyers have to

wear black pinstripes, and all vets have to wear green scrubs. It just feels, like technology is sending

individuality back 100 years. Shoot, why not just have our parents arrange marriages again. Some

countries still do.