Is Dating Going Out of Style?

What makes a date, a date?

In a nutshell it's:
 -Planned
-Paid for
-Paired off

But what's considered dating today? Besides "Netflix and chill"...
Dating has gone out of style. But then people will say "Wait but I'm dating him though!" But that's the thing. The definition of dating has changed and I think it's beginning to be a problem. We aren't being formal anymore or respecting each other enough to make a date or call it what it is. Guy's don't open doors for girls, and girls don't except them too anymore.

Nowadays, we use dating as term meaning that we're in an exclusive relationship with someone. Today, people seem to be scared of the word! It's like a virus to us because we're worried to bring it up to the other.
People are worried to say that they're dating until they become boyfriend and girlfriend. But then, the other problem with that is - do people really still go on dates after they're in an official relationship...

Dating has become less formal and less obvious. Instead of planning out an activity and time, the guy paying, and being paired off with a specific date, we're saying "Hey so uh...I'm bored, wanna hang out on my couch?"

When we're in this (what would be courting) stage we're always more cautious and unclear now using terms like "hanging out" and we're "talking" because we don't want to imply the crazy idea that we actually like each other. Weird huh?

 I think there's a fear around the word "dating" now and there's more pressure on the word because dating is a status now not an action.
So here's my idea: We bring back dating. We bring back courting. We need to step up and stop this cowaring in "talking" phase and call it what it is. Show your true feelings. Guys are gentlemen and open doors for ladies. The girls respect themselves more and raise their standards of dating. And boom. Problem solved.

Okay maybe not entirely, but enough to bring back that beautiful old fashion sense of love and romance that every girl longs for. You know you've seen those Nicholas Sparks movies.