It ’s 2016 and I have utterly no approximation how wooing works outside of my generation . Am I so out of touching ? No , it ’s the children who are wrong .
In an attempt to " reconnect " with the youths of America , I made a phone call to my 11 - year - older niece to get the exclusive on what it ’s like to date in the age oftexting , Snapchat , and those little rubber bracelets that mean different things based on the color . Do they still have those ? During the conversation , my niece enlightened me and also made me palpate incredibly uncool for not touching a female until I was 15 .
OK, so dating at 11. What’s that like?
Well , I ’m exclusive … so I ’m clueless .
But I’m sure you have friends with boyfriends, right?
Yeah . Not me , some of my friends do .
How did that happen?
Um , so in fifth course , they were all flirty with each other . And then she asked him and he was like : OK . They flirted for a while and started holding hands and kissing on the impudence .
Do love notes still happen?
Yup . My admirer who dated for three weeks would always Snap each other and talk on Instagram and text .
How do dates happen when you can’t drive?
unremarkably they just , like , meet up and go for ice cream , because we ’re all close to Downtown .
Who buys whom the ice cream?
They just contribute their own money , but my friend state me that her boyfriend pay for her once .
Where does this money come from?
drug .
What?!
Just kidding , um , like from birthdays and Christmas . And drugs . And strip show club .
How long do kids date?
Most of them day of the month for a few calendar week . One of my friends dumped her boyfriend for someone else . She texted him and the cat was like , " it ’s too late to say sorry now . "
Just like Bieber
Two of my friends have done that – texted their boyfriends and broken up with them . Some friends casually relegate up , because they ’ve lost interest in each other .
Is there a lot of dating in your grade?
One of my friends is a player . She ’s go steady , like , seven guys this year . She ’s the one who schoolbook - dumped her boyfriend .
Do kids still ask for each other’s numbers?
Most of my friends talk over Instagram and Snapchat , but they started out vex each other ’s numbers . It still happens .
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Jeremy Glassis a author for Thrillist who is glad to never have to go through midway school again .
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