How We Did

We went places, talked to one another, didnโ€™t think being attracted to someone in person was harassment and we just up and asked each other out. Even girls (and guys, though I only asked girls) in Waffle Houses and bookstores. And didnโ€™t see that as harassment, either.

You chat up the girl in the grocery store, ask her what sheโ€™s doing Saturday night. Back in those days it also wasnโ€™t verboten to ask co-workers out, so weโ€™d date them very often too. Happened all the time.

Some things were worse and some were better, but thatโ€™s how we did it once upon a time.