@Symbeline Are we saying every single young person today has sex on the first date?
I am not going to say that. However, in a Vogue, or Glamor magazine I read a while back they had a sex poll in it where they interviewed women about their sex activities, and around 46% +/- said they had sex with a guy the 1st night thery met him. So, it is not every young person.
Do people even ask each other out?
Asking them out for what, is the question.
In my experience there is nothing formal, it just kind of happens if the two people like each other. You start hanging out, then before you know it, you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Was that different back in the day?
From what I remember far different, you did not just hang out in mixed groups. How you approached your relationship with a girl was basically what your aim was. If she was the landing pad for just about every boy in school, then you wanted to know her in hopes of spending time on the tarmac too. She was not the girl you would take to the movies, carnival, etc. The girl you really like, and respected, you would put in at least 6 months of good b/f work before you even thought of making a move for 2nd base in any league.
And I don’t think much of this has changed.
Oh, you would be surprised.