It just feels wrong to date people you don't know

Maybe I'm weird. I don't know. I think historically society has changed a lot.

We used to more or less date people in our inner circles. Friends of friends, your parents friends, high school, coworkers etc.

With online dating, long distance relationships, no one staying in one place, and waiting until you're much older to date it just feels very strange to me.

You're marrying someone that you will live with for the rest of your life, that were not apart of your major milestones in life. (Didn't grow up in your town, didn't go to school together, doesn't know any of your family, life passions and goals). You're expected to have a connection after the first date.

I have always felt entirely incompatible in this environment but that is now the common way of meeting people. I just can't date people to date them that have no previous engagement with my life. I'm not sure if anyone feels the same way. All my friends feel I'm bizarre for feeling this way.