4. Friends Coming Over To Help You Get Ready
In the ’90s when you had a big date your friends would come by, or you’d go to a friend’s house, to try on outfits, maybe have a drink, and generally gossip and preen. This pre-date ritual was much more fun than “meeting someone after work” or texting your friends outfit options. There was much more face time, and a lot more friend involvement in the pre-date in the ’90s and we should bring that ceremony back. It certainly makes the whole thing more exciting and more of an occasion, and means you get to hang out with your friends more, so everyone wins!
3. Making Mix Tapes
In the throes of romance, there’s nothing sweeter than a mixtape. Someone taking the time to choose a selection of songs that both remind them of your relationship and that they think you would like is melt-you-into-a-puddle adorable. I know we don’t have tapes any more, but we should definitely bring back making lovely little playlists as a dating ritual. If you’re a normal human, do it on Spotify. If you’re as cute as a little bunny, burn it to a CD and draw a cover for it. If you’re a tiny baby cuddling a tiny puppy sitting in a basket full of tiny kittens, pull out your own tape deck and get cracking.
2. Dedicating A Song On The Radio
Music was a big and very personal part of dating in the ’90s. Especially when you’d spend half an evening trying to call up your local radio station to dedicate a song to your crush. And there was nothing like the sweet melancholy of listening to the radio and hoping someone would dedicate a song to you. BRING BACK ROMANCE RADIO!
1. Asking Questions To Learn About Your Date
In the ’90s, if you want to learn about your date, you had to ask THEM questions. You didn’t get to Google them and uncover a vast array of information from several social networks. You went into a date knowing what you knew about a person and nothing more. What you then discovered was from the horse’s mouth. There’s something nice about that. About having to make the effort to get to know someone, and not making value judgements based on what you see online.
