...They're what comes before dating. Ya take yer girl on a date or two and send her roses and such and if she likes ya and what ya do fer her she might say okay ta dating ya or she might not and ya have ta try longer or ya're turned down.

Just that neither of us is a girl so I guess that's different, but still the courting and part of the dates comes before dating! If it wasn't that ya'd break off relationships all the time. But it's okay if ya got that wrong, it's not like ya have experience with it.

[Not that Denmark really has. He's mroe for casual hook-ups and such.]