Dating is a form of courtship where two people engage in social activities together publicly to assess romantic compatibility and suitability as partners. Protocols and terms for dating vary globally but commonly involve exploring a relationship through outings as a couple, sometimes preceding engagement. People can meet partners independently or through matchmakers, blind dates, group dating events, or online dating sites and apps designed to facilitate romantic introductions and relationships.

1. Western
Dating

2. What is “dating”?
Dating is a form of courtship
consisting of social activities done by
two persons with the aim of each
assessing the other's suitability as a
partner in an intimate relationship or
as a spouse. While the term has
several senses, it usually refers to the
act of meeting and engaging in some
mutually agreed upon social activity
in public, together, as a couple.
The protocols and practices of dating, and the terms used to describe it, vary considerably
from country to country. The most common sense is two people trying out a relationship
and exploring whether they're compatible by going out together in public as a couple,
and who may or may not yet be having sexual relations, and this period of courtship is
sometimes seen as a precursor to engagement or marriage.

3. Dating coach

4. Blind Date

5. Matchmakers
People can meet other people on
their own or the get-together can
be arranged by someone else.
Matchmaking is an art based
entirely on hunches, since it is
impossible to predict with certainty
whether two people will like each
other or not.

6. Online Dating
Online dating or Internet dating is a
dating system which allows
individuals, couples and groups to
make contact and communicate with
each other over the Internet, usually
with the objective of developing a
personal, romantic, or sexual
relationship. Online dating services
usually provide unmoderated
matchmaking over the Internet,
through the use of personal
computers or cell phones.

7. Group dating
Group dating is a modern
pattern for dating where a
group of single men and a
group of single women
organise a night out, with the
hope of forming romantic
partnerships. It is most popular
in Japan, where it is known as
gōkon. In other cultures, group
dating is becoming more
popular as a safe alternative to
single dating (especially blind
dating), also helping to ease
tension, because both parties
will feel more comfortable
having the company of their
friends.

8. Speed dating