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Define "Dating"
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Jun 2, 2011 7:29 pm
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This has been an ongoing debate between me and my friends.
My friends tell me that a "date" is any kind of get-together - it can be among friends (friendly date), among "barkadas" (group date), even for families (family date).
Another friend says that as long as you are dining out, that's already a date. If you're just going out and do some activity together, like play bowling or badminton but you don't dine out - then that's not a date, even if it's just the two of you together.
Well, as for me, a date is a getting-to-know you activity for two people who are interested in each other as more than friends. Kinda like feeling out a potential partner, looking for similar points of interests before deciding whether to move forward or back-out.
In short, "dating" for me always has a romantic connotation. And it has to be specifically declared a "date", for it to be considered one.
If it wasn't called a date to begin with, then it's just a simple hanging-out with a friend, even if it's just the two of you.
But what is it, really?
Is there really such a thing as "friendly date"? And if so, is there a difference between "date" and "gimik" or hanging-out?
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