Dating: What's the Point?

I don't agree with our book when it says dating is practice for divorce.  I think dating is a way for someone to figure out what he or she wants in life and to understand who they are.  I liked the phrase: by dating 'we open ourselves up to new possibilities'.  Dating should not be anything serious.  It should be fun and open to experimentation.  The book also said we find God through our interactions   I find this point very true.  God lives within everyone, so dating someone could bring someone closer to God.  In today's culture, dating is considered normal and noncommittal.  Rarely do people who date in high school eventually get married. I think dating has lost its meaning in our generation.  Because of social media, I think it has become more of a status symbol and a way to brag rather than a respected and loving practice.  I do not see how the dating views in our book correspond to the 'hook-up' culture today.  I think the whole hook-up culture in college is stupid, especially when people do not know one another.  Again, I think the hook-up culture is a way to brag and gossip about others.