Dating

Lately, I have been seeing more and more of a continuous problem. Some of the youth today have stopped going on dates. There is no more calling someone up asking if they want to go to a movie and dinner, there is only hanging out at a friends house. You would think that this would not strike someone as a big deal, but for some reason I can't get around the fact that they are taking something great and taking it for granted. That just barely sounded super lame, but why pass an opportunity to spend time with the opposite gender?
OK, call me a little bit of a hopeless romantic, but I was excited to go on dates once I realized girls didn't have cooties. I have been excited to turn 16 so I can drive a date to a drive in movie or something like that. But then It's right around the corner and people are stopping! I've been hanging out with girls since I was 5. I want to be able to actually go on dates.
Now, with every problem, there's a solution. I plan on resurrecting the idea of dating. Even if dating stops completely. How will you do that Jack? That seems nearly impossible. My life is formed around impossible. I will take girls on dates every weekend, if necessary. It's a chore really, going out with girls every weekend, but I'm sure I can handle it.
Right now you are probably thinking, "He just wants to hang out with a bunch of girls." Considering I am 15 years old, that couldn't be more true. But I'm not just saying it for my benefit. You should learn to be as little awkward with the opposite gender as possible. You can't turn out like a 40 year old man with no idea how to talk to girls, and you'd be surprised how many people cannot. Some of my best friends are girls. There should be no barrier for friendship because of gender. Many times, at a junior high, you will hear a lot of drama about someone liking someone because they spend a lot of time together. But I don't know how or by whom but this rule has formed over many years. It's the "Guys and Girls can't be friends" rule. Now, I've never been one for rules, and this is no excuse. I think that this is a complete lie.
To conclude, I do think that dating should be THE main way to spend time with the opposite gender. I think that it helps get over the unreasonable awkwardness and confusion. There is this barrier that has been set up and it needs to be broken down. Now, if you find yourself kissing everyone in the opposite gender, then it may be time so slow down. I am not encouraging moving too fast, or even moving fast at all, because that could eventually become problematic. But I think that there should be no reason why people shouldn't go on dates and get to know each other.