Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 08:51     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Anonymous wrote:Majority of the football team at DD's southern school is busy spreading wild oats after season is over.


Gross.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 08:51     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There have been DCUM threads in the past insisting that no one is dating in college. I found those claims not believable. Dating is widespread in high school and I have a hard time imagining kids will stop dating suddenly in college. Of course hook ups are common. I remember them well from my day. But from what I’ve seen, dating culture seems stronger in this generation.


People really need to put where they live. I bet there's a lot of dating in the south, for example.

OP, depends on the kid. I think dating/relationships are less widespread than in the 80s and 90s, where it would have been really weird to have never dated in high school and college. But I know a bunch of teens and college kids and some have 90s-style dating and relationships and some seem to be total virgins who don't date at all.


Define dating. I thought parents send their kids to get a degree and succeed. Not go there to look for a mate.


Not at a lot of these fratty schools.
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 07:16     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DC goes on dates, but hasn't gotten into a relationship


Which school?
Amherst College
Anonymous
Post 04/19/2026 06:36     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There have been DCUM threads in the past insisting that no one is dating in college. I found those claims not believable. Dating is widespread in high school and I have a hard time imagining kids will stop dating suddenly in college. Of course hook ups are common. I remember them well from my day. But from what I’ve seen, dating culture seems stronger in this generation.


People really need to put where they live. I bet there's a lot of dating in the south, for example.

OP, depends on the kid. I think dating/relationships are less widespread than in the 80s and 90s, where it would have been really weird to have never dated in high school and college. But I know a bunch of teens and college kids and some have 90s-style dating and relationships and some seem to be total virgins who don't date at all.


Define dating. I thought parents send their kids to get a degree and succeed. Not go there to look for a mate.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 22:12     Subject: Re:Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Anonymous wrote:Of course. Every college. Dating, hook ups, FWB, all of it.


This.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 21:48     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Anonymous wrote:There have been DCUM threads in the past insisting that no one is dating in college. I found those claims not believable. Dating is widespread in high school and I have a hard time imagining kids will stop dating suddenly in college. Of course hook ups are common. I remember them well from my day. But from what I’ve seen, dating culture seems stronger in this generation.


People really need to put where they live. I bet there's a lot of dating in the south, for example.

OP, depends on the kid. I think dating/relationships are less widespread than in the 80s and 90s, where it would have been really weird to have never dated in high school and college. But I know a bunch of teens and college kids and some have 90s-style dating and relationships and some seem to be total virgins who don't date at all.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 21:23     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Majority of the football team at DD's southern school is busy spreading wild oats after season is over.


It’s very nice of those young men to volunteer their time to assist in the local agriculture. Are they also going to help when the crops are ready to be harvested?


Migrant/seasonal workers; long gone before harvest time
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 21:19     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Anonymous wrote:Son at emory met his girlfriend freshman year, graduated and still together. Daughter at penn has a boyfriend. Both kids are social, bright, and like having a stable relationship.

Wow. Watch for babies
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 20:38     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
There's lots of same sex dating, but no heterosexual dating.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 20:31     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
My DD is a freshman at W&M and reports no dating in her friend group. They are all smart, cute, funny, and open to dating.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 18:51     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Anonymous wrote:If so, which one?


What makes you ask?
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 17:46     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Son at emory met his girlfriend freshman year, graduated and still together. Daughter at penn has a boyfriend. Both kids are social, bright, and like having a stable relationship.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 17:28     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
My son found his girlfriend sophomore year at William & Mary. Dancing at a frat party.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 17:22     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
Not by my kid (at least not that he’s telling me) but 2 of his 3 roommates have girlfriends, also in his friend group. And his best female friend has a girlfriend. Maybe these are the only relationships on the campus? I have no idea.
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 16:04     Subject: Is there dating going on at your kid's college?
OP, do you need the birds and the bees talk?

I lost my virginity the 2nd day of college! Wouldn’t change a thing! That’s what happens when you place 1000s of 18-22 year olds in a glorified 4 year sleep away camp.