Dating in the 1940s
"I have never been out to Pete's on a date before, and in our town that is the crucial test. Everyone is there and everyone sees you. If you don't make the grade at Pete's, you just don't make it."
People got married very young at this time. Teens went out on dates. Then if the dates were going well the boys would ask you to go steady with them. Going steady means staying with a significant other for an extended amount of time, often under the assumption that you will refrain from dating other people during said time. Also, during the early 1940s, dating would also be occasionally seen as a competitive game between teens and their peers. Dating was used to cultivate popularity, and there was advice sometimes published in magazines that helped people's dating issues.
People got married very young at this time. Teens went out on dates. Then if the dates were going well the boys would ask you to go steady with them. Going steady means staying with a significant other for an extended amount of time, often under the assumption that you will refrain from dating other people during said time. Also, during the early 1940s, dating would also be occasionally seen as a competitive game between teens and their peers. Dating was used to cultivate popularity, and there was advice sometimes published in magazines that helped people's dating issues.