Conventional Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

Dating is the social engagement with the threat of sex at its conclusion.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Dating is a convoluted ritual involving indecisives who don't know what they want – resources or a family – because love and companionship can…

— VD

“As I see it, dating is a product of our entertainment-driven, disposable-everything American culture...Love and romance became things people could solely enjoy for their…

— Joshua Harris

What does dating mean?

— Lalu Prasad Yadav

Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.

— Henry Cloud

Dating is a social brain teaser, as it requires constantly changing ratios of intimacy and distance, an erotic mental cha-cha choreographed by chemistry, insight,…

— Marilyn Suzanne Miller

In its purest form, dating is auditioning for mating (and auditioning means we may or may not get the part).

— Joy Browne

Dating means doing a lot of fun things you will never do again if you get married. The fun stops with marriage because you're…

— Dave Barry

Dating is a capitalism or acquisition thing: to get a boyfriend, get married or get that person, or feel you're more attractive on the…

— Celine Song

Dating is about grand romantic gestures that mean little over the long term. Marriage is about small acts of kindness that bond you over…

— Lori Gottlieb

“Dating is a man-made ideology: if having a lover was a prerequisite to living, one would either be in a relationship, or, six feet…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Dating, like almost every other male-female interaction in present-day society, is based on outmoded and unequal social roles and expectations.

— Lynn Coady