Going steady is a romantic relationship in which both partners commit to date only each other. Growing in prevalence in the United States after World War II, going steady became the mainstream dating pattern in high schools and colleges in the 1950s.

What did they call dating in the 50s?

In the 1950s, casual dating was still a fairly new concept; before the war, young people typically only dated if they intended to marry in the future. After the war, however, the term “going steady” was used more loosely and couples dated exclusively without thinking of long-term plans.

What is house wife syndrome?

The housewife syndrome was a mental disorder diagnosed in many American housewives suffering from supposed bouts of madness and enigmatic conditions, such as hysteria or neurosis, that plagued women who showed unhappiness in their stereotypical role of homemaker in the mid-twentieth century.

How do you pin down a guy?

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