I’m not sure “hooking up” means getting together for sex. I believe when most people say they are hooking up what they mean is they are getting together with some buddies to hang out. Maybe it’s different on the east coast.
To stay under the 300 word limit I removed the text below, which makes the meaning clear:
"(For those over 30 years old: hooking up is a casual sexual encounter with no expectation of future emotional commitment. Think of it as a one-night stand with someone you know.)"
Well, you’re half right. Hooking up always starts off as “just hanging out”.
(This is a GREAT DEAL, for the guys involved. They don’t have to spend a dime or pretend they love anybody first. They don’t have to waste a particle of energy on courtship rituals of any kind. The girls are now doing all that FOR them. WHY they do it is beyond me.)
That's my understanding as well and that's the way the article seemed to me.
Just curious, but how old are you? Not to disparage you, but I got a dose of it a couple of years ago.
I worked with a group of “kids” (I am in my late 40’s and they were 23, 24 years old) and I suggested that when we were on a business trip that we check into the hotel, and then “hook up” for dinner.
First I got some funny looks. Then they laughed at me.
Then they explained the change in terms.
I felt very old.
No..hooking up pretty much means sex.
I hope that's the case and if so, I think it can be a good thing. As a guy, I never was that wild about dating per se (of course that was 30+ years ago; I feel older than dirt reading about this stuff now).
Ha, never has ‘hooking up’ meant just hanging out. It always means at the very least, heavy duty making out, usually it means a one-night stand.
I’ve lived on the easy coast, west coast, and southwest. The term was always used in this fashion.