You remain stuck in the "friend zone," which is relationship purgatory if you have a crush on someone.While I was doing research for , the biggest complaint I heard from Christian women was that Christian men weren't assertive enough.In the dictionary, a date is “An appointment to meet at a specified time; especially, a social engagement between two persons that often has a romantic character” (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 2003, p. Many young adults agree that “actual dates are rare, but the word dating is still used by many of them to describe their own or their friends’ interactions with the opposite sex” (Glenn & Marquart, 2001, p. Norval Glenn and Elizabeth Marquart identified four types of techniques being used in the modern world of dating.Even though each type has distinct traits, couples are able to shift from one type to the other.It makes the remaining friendship awkward at best, and humiliating at worst. People suffer through this in the hope that the object of their affection will eventually buckle and reveal his or her true feelings. They keep making up excuses to hang out, hedging all their bets and waiting for God to give them a sign.

in my experience, just about anything on here is perceived as "intimate encounter." It doesn't seem to matter what you put up, you get messages and IMs asking for intimate encounters.I once had a male friend tell me that some guys he knows randomly hit on women in bars looking to "hook up." The general premise is that 9 out of 10 women will shoot men down. I guess that they're looking at it as a matter of probability.I'm assuming that some (or maybe many) men are looking at the online dating sites in the same light.Some may argue that the media has influenced teen’s perceptions of courtship and dating. If so, is it brainwashing, improper, or merely forward thinking?Throughout the years, dating has changed dramatically.The first is comparable to the traditional dating style; where men often initiate dates and pay for any expenses.However, researchers have found this method to be much less common among young adults today.