<p>Word is that the dating scene at Yale is like a root canal. Is this true? How come? Opinions?</p>
<p>dating at any ivy (along with Stanford,MIT, etc..) is like a root canal.</p>
<p>How come??</p>
<p>As far as I have heard dating is more uncommon than random hookups, as far as Yale is concerned.</p>
<p>irock is totally right...it exists, but really does suck. And lauren is correct too, there are lots of random DRUNKEN hookups.</p>
<p>I went up for an official visit for rowing and I heard of a lot about the hoopups. It might be more exacterbated in rowers because they always host parties at the rowing houses, but I am not sure.</p>
<p>A current Yalie nicely summed up the dating scene at Yale with the phrase Schroedinger's Date, meaning that if you are having coffee with someone, you can never really tell whether it is a date or not. This is a wry reference to a thought experiment in quantum mechanics called Schroedinger's Cat which puzzles about how you can't determine whether a cat is dead or alive in a closed box.</p>
<p>Hehe I like it.</p>
<p>Who has "dated" since 1951???</p>
<p>i have....on numerous occasions :p</p>
<p>yalie!! huba hubba</p>
<p>i don't get why the dating scene wouldn't be "off the hook"....what's more attractive than a female Eli? :D</p>
<p>slimlic2001, really curious to know how you define "dating"...to me, it harks back to something from another era...or middle school, when your mom drives you and the kid you're "going out with" to the movies. Maybe it is an east coast/west coast thing, but I can't say I've ever heard of people "dating" in metro suburban high schools here. A lot of fwb's (friends with benefits) and hanging out in groups as well as random hookups and longer term hookups, but "dating"? Like you ring the bell, go for ice cream, kiss at the door?</p>
<p>im not directing my comment towards you specifically, rumbean...more towards the CC community in general...is the "c" in my username invisible...or hard to see? everyone usually gets every other letter right, but they either consciously, or inadvertently miss the "c"...it's SLIC, not slim....arggh</p>
<p>hehe, k, back on topic- here on the westcoast, everyone pretty much has a car by the age of 16-17....one of the many benefits of having a car is the ability to drive a girl to a dinner and a movie, then take her back home again...i can see and understand why it would be difficult "dating" on the east coast, seeing as how u lose out on the tradition of the guy picking the girl up from her house (i don't blame you- i wouldnt drive if i lived in the east coast either....your roads are horrible!) But i don't like the notion that everyone today just "hooks up" and has a myriad of "friends with benefits" at their disposal...true, chivalry DID die (way back in 1983 :p) but that doesn't mean we have to go around treating each other like objects we only use for physical gratification and nothing more....i for one am a big fan of the formalities of dating, and advocate that everyone go on a traditional "date" at least once in their life...go ahead, live dangerously, and ill pick ya up at 7 ;)</p>
<p>lol dramatic. hehe. :)</p>
<p>woah, rani is still on this board?</p>
<p>yes...my incredibly cute post brought him out from the depths of his abyss :p</p>
<p>Poor east coasters.</p>
<p>lol she. and yes! i never left... i just lurked for a while, hehe. its called semester exams.. but now im back and fretting as ever!</p>
<p>im sorry for confusing your gender ms. sparkle... but i AM flattered that you took such an interest in my post....perhaps i shall ask you out on a "date" when we're both at yale :D</p>