Firstly -Thank you so much for those of you who took the time to respond to my last message. It really means a lot to me! XO Online Dating. When I was first allowed to date, the dating pool was very small. A small town and a smaller high school. Everyone knew everyone and most of their business. You saw them “in town”, at school, or a party. People flirted and hooked up and often that hookup became the boyfriend/girlfriend. Times have changed. Really changed. Fear of Missing Out (FOMO if you will) comes in to play so much more. Meanwhile, online dating also becomes a vocabulary lesson. Polyamory, pansexual, bisexual, nonbinary, ethical non-monogamy, primary, sub, dom, vanilla, bigender, demiboy, demigirl... I could go on (actually, most of the time I have to ask someone what something means) but you get the point. Then there are the other terms you will experience, catfishing, ghosting, benching, submarining, zombie-ing, breadcrumbing, and I’m sure I’m missing some.