yeah, the main thing is comfort, and reduced pressure, there's one who has been going out with me for like 8 years, some of the more ritualized aspects of dating are dropped, are we going to kiss? Who picks who up? Who pays? it all is kind of not that important.
it's a lot more my style actually, but don't act much different than an actual date. it's the same thing.
all that underscores the idea of how ritualized dating can be.
but a lot of those memes and videos, are essentially saying there are "rules" for both, which is not my approach really, the less rules the better. Have no issue paying, or opening a door, or whatever for a friend, date, family member, all the same shyt to me.
there's a few who always say "if you don't have a date-date just take me"