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Technology Changed Technology

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Technology has brought change into our lives by making it easier to do things including communicating with others that are far away. Older generations did not have the luxury of having cell phones or internet, so they relied on dating the “old-fashioned” way. Dating, courtship, and romance have changed over time because of technology but it has changed for the better. Older generations met people in person and once they started dating a person, they were able to know more about them slowly. They would send handwritten letters if they were far away from each other and patiently waited for the arrival of their significant other’s response. Their way of getting to know someone consisted of actual face-to-face interaction and hearing their voice. Couples would see how the other really is in-person rather than just receiving a text from their cell phone. When the boy would ask the girl on a date he would not do any of, “this texting or calling to say ‘I’m outside’, but actually getting out of the car and walking to the door” (LifeBuzz). It made the boy a gentleman if he walked the girl from the front door of her house and to his car, making it cute and romantic. In the modern era, the boy will text the girl “I’m outside” and wait for the girl to come in his car. In the movie, Catfish Nev writes to Megan as a romantic gesture. Technology has changed dating, so when Nev wrote to Megan it made him seem romantic and as if he was really into Megan because he took the time to handwrite a letter. Old-fashioned dating is now perceived as something really romantic because the couples have to do more than typing a message. It makes it seem as the couples are putting in a lot of effort into the relationship because they are physically doing more things to be romantic. When couples would date, they got to know each other slowly because they did not text all the time like people do now. They would go on fancy dates such as dressing up and going to a nice restaurant. Boys would make actual plans with their girl there was, “None of this ‘meet you there’ or ‘hanging out’” (LifeBuzz). While they were on these dates, they would not use their cell phones and ignore each other. Even though old-fashioned dating seems better, it was

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