Of dating and hanging out

Have you been in an awkward situation when you can’t distinguish dating with hanging out? How does one know he is dating or just hanging out with his partner? Are there rules creating a thin line between the two? Can hanging out and dating happen in one occasion?

 Let’s first define the two so we can better understand these phenomenons. Dating according to an on-line source is  a promise or agreement to be at a particular place at a particular time. While hanging out is defined as spending one’s free time in a certain place to pass time idly or keep company.

Based from the above definitions, dating would entail a couple or non-couple  who agreed to be at somewhere at a specific time, so this could even mean asking someone to be with you in the future is a preparation for dating because you must agree that you’ll be meeting on that specified date, time and place. While hanging out would mean, using one’s free time to make the time pass by him or just simply to keep someone company.

who experiences dating, who hangs out? i’m not sure with the answer.

Does it mean whenever we meet up with someone who agreed to meet us is considered dating and spending free time with another person is just hanging out?

The more i think about it, the more it becomes unclear to me. Have you ever went out with a guy that became close and romantic few days after the meet up but then after a week did not return your calls and messages all because in his point of view it’s just mere hanging out?

The term “hanging out” has been abused by insecure individuals who can’t commit or at least be true to themselves. They tend to use it as an escape goat to avoid commitments but gain pleasure.

Or does hanging out evolved to compromise the diminishing moral standards of the community just as break up sex evolved?

 So what does guys mean, when they say

Can I ask you out for a date?

or

Will you hang out with me sometime?

Help. I’m losing my sanity.