I did not marry my girl friend I dated.
Interesting, well dating does not always end in marriage their are many stages to courtship. And dating is only one form of courtship.
What are the stages you know?
Dating is simply the wooing of  female, getting  a feel for each other, and then maybe gauging her receptiveness to marriage.
When was the earliest recorded history of dating?
Dating is a relatively recent term that has only emerged in the last few centuries.
OK,So what are there cultural aspects relating to dating?
to begin dating, which has been a source of controversy.
History.
Dating as an institution is a relatively recent phenomenon which has mainly emerged in the last few centuries. From the standpoint of anthropology and sociology, dating is linked with other institutions such as marriage and the family which have also been changing rapidly and which have been subject to many forces, including advances in technology and medicine. As humans societies have evolved from hunter-gatherers into civilized societies, there have been substantial changes in relations between people,
he was a college baseball player. They attended the same high school in Arizona, but did not know each other there. They began dating after Morris moved to Los Angeles and Hubbell contacted her on Myspace. In a 2011 interview with "Fitness", Morris said of Hubbell, "I want to marry him so bad. That's what I really care about. I want to marry Taylor and have kids with him. I love acting, but if it affects my relationship, then I won't continue doing it