dating

A "date" is a scheduled meeting of specific duration with a specific agenda.

"it's a date" means we've agreed on a place, time, plan.

Yes?

"Dating" then means a serious of these scheduled meetings of specific duration with a specific agenda.

When I think of "dating", I think of two people adventuring around - small adventures, granted, but adventures nonetheless. Watching movies together, going exploring local sites together, walking through the museum together.

One can "date" even when impoverished - one can invite a person of interest over for supper, talking, music, making out. Or walk down Frankfort Avenue, studying treasures in the various shops, purchasing a coffee or a gelato or hell, even a soda from the Walgreens if funds are really low.

Small treats. Small adventures.

I would like to be invited on a small adventure. I would like to be surprised and delighted and excited. I would like to sit on the sofa, talking and twining fingers until the pitch rises and lips go seeking, full of demands for satisfaction.

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I am feeling old, and bored, and boring this week.