The "Talking Stage"
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- Six foot nine :)
- So how tall are you?
- Oh, we're just talking right now.
- So what's up with you and Ryan?
- The rise of texting and social media among young people has had a large social impact - especially with dating.
- "Shawty do you got a big trunk?" What a weirdo.
- The ability to look at someone's entire life through Facebook or Instagram combined with the chance to text, call, or facetime before you meet in person means that young people's dating habits have drastically changed.
- Why did she block me? I just wanted to know if she had a large car trunk so we could see a drive-in movie.
- The biggest change is the emergence of a new stage in the dating process - the "talking stage." The talking stage happens after one obtains a potential partner's phone number or social media profile, and begins messaging them and "talking" regularly with the hopes of getting to know them.
- The "talking stage" seeks to eliminate the need for first dates. Any red flags in a message from a potential partner means one can safely cut contact. For example, a teenage boy may send an off-putting or predatory text to a girl he is hoping to date. She can block him with the comfort of knowing she probably won't see him again.
- However, messaging someone is vastly different from actually talking to someone in a date setting. Words and meanings can get misconstrued. One can take time to construct the perfect response rather than giving the first response that comes to mind. One can lie about looks, or even take on a different mental and emotional persona.
- Despite the many perks of getting to know someone online before meeting in person, "talking" often fails to replace dating as a way of courting. Often, "talking stages" fail because interest is lost due to lack of in-person meeting. They also fail because people may project an image onto a potential partner they are messaging, and be disappointed with reality.
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