Maybe Wednesday's date never called because you were playing too hard to get?

There's wisdom in attributes like that -- so here are 10 old-school dating habits we ought to revive that are guaranteed to up your dating game.

What happened to the good old days when chivalry wasn't dead, people went steady, and dates lasted longer than a cup of coffee?

"I don't know if I am ever going to get married at this rate," my friend Marc wrote to me in a recent text. It's a familiar sentiment: two girlfriends shared similar concerns three days prior at brunch, when one described a scenario in which she was "ghosted" by the guy she'd been dating for five months.

The protocols and practices of dating, and the terms used to describe it, vary considerably from country to country and over time.

While the term has several meanings, the most frequent usage refers to two or more people exploring whether they are romantically or sexually compatible by participating in dates with the other.