"Go Out"

When you look at it purely literally it's not much. Go out, go to somewhere that is not here. Out of this place. But it carries connotations. It means allow me to take you to somewhere that is a little more classy than our current surroundings, let me show you a good time and then there's the one that gets me confused. Do you want to enter  relationship with me, without actually marking the occasion with anything. No actual going anywhere. 'Cept perhaps back to where you normally are, except with either a silly smile or a cocky swagger. I know exactly how the term slowly evolved to mean what it did. The act of going out ussually signaled a start in a relationship so then eventually they began to skip the actual going somewhere but kept the name. I can understand and see all that. What I don't get is why. There are many perfectly good explanations as to why this happened and you probably have one. In fact if I look hard enough I probably have one but that defeats the purpose of this doesn't it. A whole exposition into why this has happened. Mental exercise to promote thinking and whatnot.  But now that I think about it one key feature of this process springs to mind. Well actually two. The first is convenience. It's a hell of a lot easier to just get in a relationship and not worry about organizing anything fancy to mark the occasion. It allows both people to carry on with their lives quicker and more efficiently. The second is the age. The most people that use "Go Out" as a term for relationship are actually quite young. And it seems to get younger as I get older. Maybe that's just perspective as I age and mature. And being quite young there aren't many places they can go or things they can do. So hence despite never actually going anywhere the couple(no loosely phrased or anything here, if they want to consider themselves a couple then that's there deal not mine) are still going out. Maybe behind the bike sheds for a grope or something. That was incredibly crass and I do apologize but I think that it's a more accurate representation of my thought process if I don't get rid of anything I wrote. So for all intents and purposes(except spelling wise) the backspace key does not exist on this keyboard. And if I offend anyone you'll most likely get a mention in the next post. If I actually find out I offended you. Which will be hard unless you tell me. I can be very dense at times.