How were girls/dating like before social media?(srs)

[AfricanBrah]

Was to young enough to experience this, but how were girls and getting into relationships like before social media, like late 90s/early 2000s?

[Arkileon]

I imagine average guys had much better chances.

[jcto]

In this sounds like a quality thread.

Social media became huge when i was in middle school hitting puberty and started noticing girls more.

[euron]

you called their house and asked hey mrs sloot is sloot home then dropped misc lingo on her via the phone until she met up with you at the local shindig.

[Jarlie]

they were more talkative, more interesting and had to have some value to get man interested. now they can do whatever they want, upload slooty pics on IG and wait for WKs to message them.. and choose one chad to bang.. rinse & repeat.

[jtaylor2010]

I think social media is dealing a huge blow to social skills. You used to be forced to have actual interaction right out the gate. You couldn't use social media to break the ice. It was harder but I think that was a good thing. It forced people to go out of their comfort zone and i think it made people more of an individual. You could kind of bull**** your way through some things by finding out what a girl liked and zoning in on that, but you couldn't figure out so much information right away. It did lead to awkward moments but anything really bad just went through word of mouth and not instantly shared with huge groups of people so from that perspective it wasn't quite as bad. The good thing about social media is that you get exposed to tons of people you never would've known about before, so there is good and bad to both environments.

[Black_Spit]

I'm 36, so I'll give you a quick rundown, but I'm not really sure what you want to hear. My wife and I started dating 15 years ago next month. We actually went to school together from age 9 on up, but never dated.

We were in a college volleyball class together (lol) in Fall of 2001. That semester, I had one girl actually ask me out on a date right in the middle of class, and I obliged lol.

But I wasn't interested after a date or two, so in October, I just asked the girl who would become my wife, "Hey you want to go to the gym with me after class?" She said yes. We went. Then we went to lunch at Applebee's, and then a concert that night.

That's what dating was like.

[WHeitzman]

Basically the same, but OP had to fap to magazines instead of instagram

[Austanian]

In the early 2000's you either called their house and talked for hours (about nothing).

Later on MSN messenger became a staple.

There is only one aspect that has changed. The average and below average girls realized they can "GET" the hot guy.

In the before time:
- Hot Girls had a plethora of dudes lining up to hit them sugar walls.
- Hot Guys had a plethora of below average chicks lining up for a relationship.

The catch was the below average girls did not think highly of themselves because the dudes MOSTLY said no.

Internet changed that where below average girls learned they can get their "guy" because one lonely night they go to an offer of "netflix and chill" and get smashed. It doesn't matter now that they never actually "get" the guy. They now think they can have the guy.

[OutdoorX]

Never got into relationships during that time. It was awesome because white knights don't make it in real life so you didn't have to deal with as many inflated egos. Everyone arrived and winded down at the same time. Lots of hook ups and never seeing or hearing from the girl again. It was always fun to describe that one girl that your drunk friend didn't mean to go home with... the descriptive exaggerations were hilarious to talk about over a beer the next day. You could walk right up to a girl as a complete stranger and be real, and it would be very attractive to the girl.

[t_raven]

Dating has always been ****. Watch some 90s sitcoms some time.

Before the internet the most desired chicks had a lot of dudes hitting on them irl, so it's not like hot women ever had a lack of attention from men. FA *******s have always been FA *******s, they just couldn't cyber stalk all the bitches they had a crush on. They had to do that **** from the bushes outside her house.

Ugly, stuck up ****s have always thought they deserved hot guys, you just didn't have to read about it online all the time.

[sickh11]

their egos were a bit less inflated

[SmithMachineGuy]

If you were a nerdy guy back then, you got NOTHING. Maybe a whale, if you were lucky. Nerd culture is mainstream now. So, a guy that's into comics and Star Wars can get a cute girl. Back in the day, you needed to be a confident Chad to get a cute girl.

As for dating itself, it was better. Girls actually paid attention to you on a date Activities were there for the fun of the activity, not as an Instagram photo op. People did not have their faces buried in a phone at all times. On a date, you tried to actually enjoy each other's company.

[sclimb]

~20 lbs lighter

Average female is 5'4 167 lbs, used to be 140.

[vulgarin]

it wasn't like picking out chad from a catalog.

[misker21]

Before social media I could slay easily some sloot in my local area, but now... LMAO! it's a joke

They just go like online shopping and choose their male they would like to throw themself at. And it works for them.

[treminador]

there would be spots where guys and girls would go to meetup, flirt and hookup

like outside , not in a club/cafe/bar

[InfinityThor]

I don't use social media, to me they're exactly the same. I guess ignorance is bliss.

In fact I'm glad there's smart phones, because it allows me to instantly next low value women that check phones on dates.

[TaterSaladJr]

I don't use social media, to me they're exactly the same. I guess ignorance is bliss.

In fact I'm glad there's smart phones, because it allows me to instantly next low value women that check phones on dates.

Strong this, I will next anyone that spends their time on the phone over living in the moment. What's so important people gotta be scrolling through their newsfeed while we're out? Attention whoring is all it is, look at me living my life from your little handheld screen.

Same thing with friends, if they spend more of the time on their phone than hanging out I never hang with em again.

[PeteJonesHTX]

Inb4 leoslayer