Dating

Hooking Up in a Smart Way

Hey, want to hook up?

There’s a new and growing trend in the Canadian dating world that has people asking one another just that. People of all ages and genders are choosing to date casually instead of diving into committed relationships. Why worry about commitment and even – gasp— marriage when you can bounce around and just have a little fun?

A Rising Canadian Trend

It’s possible that the casual dating trend is increasing in popularity around the world, but let’s focus on Canada specifically. Younger generations (Millennials, that is) are not getting married at the same rate as their older counterparts for some very specific reasons:

  1. The high divorce rate has made them averse to getting married in the first place. Finding the right life partner is a very important decision that should not be taken lightly.
  2. There’s no sense in rushing it. If you haven’t met the right partner, you don’t need to jump into commitment if it doesn’t feel right.
  3. Poor finances or a lot of debt can make people feel unstable and therefore not ready for commitment. They would rather wait until they are personally and financially ready for that big next step in their lives.

The Rise of Hook Up Apps

Don’t want a commitment but still want to meet someone? Look no further than your smartphone! Technology has completely changed the game thanks to social media and phone apps. Rather than diving into monogamous relationships, casual dating is now the preferred route.  Adult Friend Finder and Tinder are some of the most successful hookup apps and sites on the market today. It’s easier than ever to find someone in your vicinity, meet up, and hook up without any awkward conversation or blind dates. Those are a thing of the past.

How it Works

Ever used Tinder? Surely, you’ve heard people discussing “swiping left” or “swiping right” in reference to using the app. It takes saying yes or no to a hookup easier than ever. Plus, it’s a great way to meet people and form a connection based on attributes that look good on paper or small things you might have in common. You can find people near you and meet a lot of people in a very short period of time. It’s very simple.

Why it is so Popular

Why tie yourself down at a young age? Why jump into marriage, commitment and longevity when you can focus on fun instead? (All relevant questions, of course!) As the saying goes, the grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the relationship spectrum. Rather than potentially getting divorced down the road, just keeping it light and casual is a much simpler option.

But while it sounds like fun to hook up, it’s important to be smart about how you pursue this way of life.

How to Be Smart

Hooking up is all fun and games until someone gets hurt; at least that’s what we hear. Engaging in any sort of casual relationship with someone you don’t know all that way can be somewhat of a ‘risky’ behavior. For this reason, it’s important to be smart about how you go about hooking up and being in a casual relationship. A few things you should remember:

  • Safety in Numbers: Rather than meeting up alone with a potential hookup, bring a few friends along for a casual gathering first. Then, you can test the water into hanging out alone.
  • Choose Wisely: Get some basic information about your potential hookup ahead of time, so you aren’t walking blindly into the experience.
  • Practice Safe Behaviors: Hooking up doesn’t have to be risky if you use common sense and approach the situation with an overall sense of safety.

How do you Hook Up?

Don’t limit yourself by age or social standing. It’s easy to think that hook ups are just for the younger generation, but it’s just not limited in that way. More and more, singles are engaging in non-traditional relationships in Canada. Experts say that high divorce rates have made many people rethink the way they approach romance in their lives both now and in the future. They would rather avoid making a costly, serious mistake in their lives (can you blame them?) and choose casual engagements instead.

Do What Works for You

Safety is important, and that feeling is relative to everyone. Trust your gut and follow your instincts to be safe when hooking up, no matter how you choose to do it. It is possible to both have fun and be safe simultaneously—you don’t have to choose one over the other. Just do what feels right to you always, as this will never steer you wrong.

The Future of Hooking Up

We know that advances in technology have completely changed the hooking up game, but what’s next? Services like Tinder and AFF that help you find singles in your vicinity is one thing, but what else can technology do to improve the hook up? The sky is the limit in this regard; dating websites have robust app offerings now as well, allowing you to engage in relationships if you choose to go that path. More than anything, being safe and smart about hooking up will compel change in this industry. Stay tuned to what’s next in this regard.

Hooking up can a fun, casual way to enjoy dating and relationships as long as you are smart about it. Be safe and follow some rules you set for yourself.

Norway A Damn Hot but Cold Country

Norway as part of Scandinavia is obviously known to be a cold country, certainly in winter but it is said that, like other countries in Scandinavia, the women can make it hot. In fact Norway is said to have the hottest and thinnest women, even by Scandinavian standards and so who cares about the weather.

Norway

Officially known as the Kingdom of Norway, it occupies the Western portion of the Scandinavian peninsular with an extensive coastline on the Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. It is bordered to the East by Sweden and Russia and Finland is to its Northeast. To its South is the Skagerrak Strait with Denmark on its far side. The country has a population of about five and a quarter million with its capital being Oslo with Trondheim and Bergen being it’s two other major cities.

Norwegian Women

As previously mentioned, Norwegian women are generally known for being hot but their other distinctive quality, that perhaps makes them stand out among other western women, is the fact that they do not distinguish any difference in gender when it comes to dating, both males and females are considered equal and so your gentlemanly charms, may be greeted with surprise and a touch of confusion.

Oslo

The nightlife in Oslo on Fridays and Saturdays is lively with the streets coming alive from about 10PM as many people attend house parties, known as pre-party drinks, prior to going to any night clubs. There are many live concerts and tickets can be bought for most of them, from a post office.

Trondheim

Trondheim is Norway’s third largest city by population and most of the night life here is situated around the old municipal dockyards which have been transformed into a leisure complex featuring an assortment of bars and restaurants.

Bergen

Bergen is Norway’s second city and is said to have a more diverse selection of bars, clubs and pubs than any other city of its size in Europe. All these bars and clubs are once again at their busiest at weekends.

Norwegian Night Life

Although Norway has a good selection of bars and clubs, they are mainly only frequented at weekends and are expensive. As their prices are lower on week nights, often students will frequent them then but, noticeably few others.

Dating Norwegian Girls

One person wrote on the internet that the procedure for dating Norwegian girls was different from anywhere else and the reason for this was. Elsewhere it would perhaps be normal to tell a girl hi and if she responds, ask her for a date. If that date goes well, perhaps ask her next time, to go for a meal. If the meal goes well, hopefully the two of you will end up in bed. The writer suggested that with Norwegian girls the procedure is this. Tell a girl hi and if you wake up together the nest morning, ask her if she would like to go on a date. I am not saying this is true but it seemed true enough to prompt a prominent writer on the internet to mention it. It is however true that going to dinner is considered in Norway as a good social practice, not as a method of getting to know someone and so girls do not expect to be taken to dinner at the start of a relationship.

Norwegian Culture

Unlike some of their Scandinavian neighbours, Norwegians are not averse to dating foreigners as they believe relationships are based on compatibility and nothing else although, Norwegians on the whole are perhaps likely to dislike anyone with strong cultural or religious views that are different from what they are used to.

According to the World bank Norway has the fourth highest per capita income in the world and is the largest producer, per capita, of oil and gas, outside of the Middle East. This goes someway to explaining the high prices that you will experience in night clubs and bars. It is perhaps those prices and the fact that it can be cold outside in the winter months, why much socializing in the country is done by way of house parties however, there is a strong and active membership to the different social media including dating sites. It is estimated that among the adult population, 70% of the people are known to frequent the internet where dating sites are popular.

Although Norwegians are of course free to join many of the international dating sites, they also have some of their own, many of which are predominantly in English. Of course though, in order to get the best results if you are looking for a Norwegian girl, is to know which sites exactly, they use. Although this could take you a great deal of research, thankfully there are websites that have already completed that research for you and so you just have to visit one of those first.

Dating Sites

It isn’t just if you want to date a Norwegian girl that you will need to know specifics about a dating site, you should always learn as much about a site before you join it. Although one site may be the most popular in the world, it may not have any members for your area. Just as one of the far less popular sites, internationally, could be the most popular in your particular area. Other things that you may want to find out about a dating site before you join it is, what percentage of members are female and what percentage are male. Apparently c-date seems to be good for casual sex in Norway. Originally it was mainly males that went on the dating sites but as women realized that they did offer discretion, they also started to join in large numbers.