Mar
01
So it hit me... like a full-force gail wind... wtf!
I need to know if ya'll are experiencing/have experienced the same thing - a lack of communication. A broad subject, you may think, but what I'm focusing one is this particular phraseology: Why do men approach women and ask them "To hang out?"
Hang out? What's that mean? Does it mean you want to sit behind the back of the local government building and spray paint graffiti? Hang out... sounds so trivial - like something preteens do while waiting for the high school basketball game to start. I feel as if we live in an era when "hanging out" suffices the need to actually say the words "go out on a date". When we as women hear the words "hang out" we're left with a sense of confusion accompanied by a spice of doubtful distrust.
I find myself asking many times "Hang out... means he probably has a girlfriend/ is gay/ is afraid to commit/ doesn't want to be stuck paying the bill/ etc..." the list is astronomically endless.
I need to know if ya'll are experiencing/have experienced the same thing - a lack of communication. A broad subject, you may think, but what I'm focusing one is this particular phraseology: Why do men approach women and ask them "To hang out?"
Hang out? What's that mean? Does it mean you want to sit behind the back of the local government building and spray paint graffiti? Hang out... sounds so trivial - like something preteens do while waiting for the high school basketball game to start. I feel as if we live in an era when "hanging out" suffices the need to actually say the words "go out on a date". When we as women hear the words "hang out" we're left with a sense of confusion accompanied by a spice of doubtful distrust.
I find myself asking many times "Hang out... means he probably has a girlfriend/ is gay/ is afraid to commit/ doesn't want to be stuck paying the bill/ etc..." the list is astronomically endless.
To once and for all end the question of what "hanging out" in the 21st century entails, I turn to the trusted "urban dictionary" http://hanging-out.urbanup.com/2576729 Check it out, peeps... this stuff is hard-core irrefutable.
Why is the phrase "Would you like to go out on a date?" so unheard of in the 21st century? Am I the only one caught/trapped in this impenetrable bubble of "hanging out"? Feel with me, bloggers!
Number five on urban dictionary is pretty funny and number one seems spot on. People don't ask to go out on a date anymore because we've lost structure and boundaries. It's kind of sad but good to ponder.
When I first asked out the girl I'm interested in, she was amazed that I actually asked if she wanted to go on a date with me. If I tell someone I want to hang out then I have no romantic interests in them.
Maybe I'm just old-fashioned like that.
Holly! haha Urban Dictionary is hilarious. And I totally agree with your point.
And Kendall... keep it up! I swear, you're not old-fashioned, you are one of a kind!