then you'll eventually slip into some group. Those singular dates are going to be your memories anyway, even if you don't up at some dance. Dating gets worse the older you get....because the acceptable activities just shrink. A 16/17/18 year old will go to arcades with you. Or jump in pond at a park . Or sit in a graveyard and wait for a ghost to appear. You can get away with calling anything a date at those ages. Later....you kind of settle into a more boring cycle.