Line #7 Main/DatingTropes


1	''Tropes related to the process of romantic connections and outings that can aim at casual fun or finding your One True Love. There may be wedding bells for some. Others may get their heart broken. Others may have fun when you're young... or not so young''.
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3	Can overlap with FlirtingAndCourtship, but these usually follow those.
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5	Prelude to WeddingAndEngagementTropes and MarriageTropes.
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8	[[index]]
9	* AccidentalDeclarationOfLove: A character accidentally confesses their love for another character during a date.
10	* AgentsDating: When agents (secret agents, police agents, etc.) go on a date.
11	* AmIJustAToyToYou: Person A is serious about the relationship; Person B thinks it's just a fling.
12	* BachelorAuction: A bunch of male characters auction themselves off to raise money, often for charity.
13	* BadDate: A character's date goes horribly (or hilariously) wrong.
14	* BlindDate: A date between two persons who have never met before.
15	* BondingThroughSharedEarbuds: Two persons enjoy the somewhat intimate act of sharing a pair of earbuds.
16	* ChocolateOfRomance: Expressing love through the giving of chocolates.
17	* CompensatedDating: Persons -- usually younger women -- dating older men for pay.
18	* DatePeepers: Two persons on a date are spied upon by people they know, with or without their knowledge.
19	* DatingDoSiDo: If a show runs long enough, every single character is going to date every other single character eventually.
20	* DatingServiceDisaster: A character goes on a date with someone they met online, only to find out they're not who they expected.
21	* DatingWhatDaddyHates: A girl, typically a BrattyTeenageDaughter, dates a boy whom her father disapproves of.
22	* DevelopersDesiredDate: In a game where you can date/marry anyone in a large roster of characters, blatant favor is shown towards one or a few characters.
23	* DoppelgangerDating: A character meets a LoveInterest who is eerily similar to an established character.
24	* DoubleDate: Two couples go on a date together.
25	* EscapeCall: A character arranges for someone to call them in order to get out of an event.
26	* FakeRelationship: Two characters who aren't romantically interested in each other pretend to be a couple.
27	* FerrisWheelDateMoment: A couple on a date go on a Ferris Wheel.
28	* FlowersOfRomance: Flowers in the contexts of a relationship.
29	* ForeverFling: A short-lived, youthful, passionate romance is the yardstick by which all the couple's subsequent romances are measured and fail.
30	* IGotYouADrawer: A character gives their girlfriend a drawer as a gift.
31	* TheILoveYouStigma: A couple have trouble expressing their feelings with the word "I love you".
32	* InLoveWithLooks: A character dates someone because of their looks rather than their personality.
33	* InsignificantAnniversary: One or more characters celebrate a mundane anniversary, often an arbitrary number of days for starting a romantic relationship.
34	* MeetTheInLaws: A character formally meets the parents of their significant other for the first time. Tension ensues.
35	* MixtapeOfLove: A mixtape shared between couples.
36	* MySisterIsOffLimits: Person forbids someone to date his sister.[[note]]Or any other relative excluding children and exes.[[/note]]
37	* NotADate: Two characters go out together, but are insistent that they aren't going out on a date.
38	* OldFashionedRowboatDate: A lady and her suitor have a romantic date on a rowboat.
39	* OffscreenBreakup: A couple is stated to have broken up, but we don't actually see it go down.
40	* OnTheRebound: Two characters break up after a serious relationship, and one of them quickly jumps into a new relationship.
41	* OppositesAttractRevenge: A girl leaves her boyfriend and ends up in a relationship with the boyfriend's [[TheRival rival]].
42	* OverdramaticDatingCommotion: When two characters dating or apparently dating cause a ComicalOverreaction among other characters.
43	* ParentPreferredSuitor: When someone's parents prefer one LoveInterest over another.
44	* PickUpBabesWithBabes: A man takes care of someone else's child in order to attract women.
45	* PrankDate: Someone is asked out on a date as a PracticalJoke.
46	* RelationshipLabelingProblems: Characters can't decide what to call their relationship.
47	* ReplacementGoldfish: A character is replaced with another character. This can include getting a new LoveInterest who looks/acts similar to their old one after the previous one dies/leaves.
48	* RomanticWingman: A character enlists a friend to assist him in his romantic endeavors.
49	* SecretRelationship: Two characters in a romantic relationship keep it a secret from everyone.
50	* SpeedDating: A character tries speed dating in order to meet someone.
51	* StoodUp: Two characters plan a date, but one of them doesn't show up.
52	* SweetheartSipping: A couple share a milkshake with two straws.
53	* TeacherParentRomance: A teacher and the parent of one of their students start a romantic relationship.
54	* ThirdWheel: One character is hanging around a couple.
55	* TerriblePickUpLines: A character attempts to use smooth one-liners to attract their preferred mate. It doesn't go well.
56	* TrialPeriodDating: Two characters date (with genuine romantic interest on the part of one of the two) on the condition that the relationship lasts for a finite period of time.
57	* TunnelOfLove: An amusement park ride for couples to go on.
58	* TwoTimerDate: A character schedules dates with two different people at the same time.
59	* UnseenPenPal: A pen pal relationship in which one of the characters is concealing their true identity.
60	* WaitForYourDate: A man is forced to wait for his date who is fussing over their hair/makeup/clothing, etc.
61	* YoureNotMyType: A character doesn't return someone's affections because that person doesn't fit their ideal mold.
62	[[/index]]

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