What does the term dating today mean to our generation? Looking at it from a Hollywood perspective, dating is just the prelude to sex. One of the main characters will make the overture to the other inevitably leading to a dark scene with soft music. Predictably, they fall in love afterwards and the credits roll. If we were to look to young teenagers, then we would see that dating has been replaced by the more innocuous term, "hanging out". Teenagers whip out their cells to call of even more impersonally, text a boy or girl they like to invite them to "hang out" at their house, someone else's, or at a local hangout. If all goes well, this pairing will become a bona fide couple, holding hands practicing varsity tonsil hockey in the hallways. I can't help but to be cynical of today's dating world. Years of hearing about, reading about, and watching on TV about men and women that prowl the bars and clubs for a potential dates leads me to wonder, are they in it for me or they in it for the dark scene and soft music.
