it's kinda both. You should take it seriously, but also have fun too! don't be too serious though;)

its fun but its a big responsabilty you have to love your bf/gf esay and dont worry about like small things that is anorring learn to love them and to respected the preson you love

dating isn't meant to be done for fun...it's meant to be done to look for the one you'll spend the rest of your life with.

to have fun

It's also fun depending on who you're spending time with.

Has to be taken seriously.

I agree with CornChips. Dating is both fun and serious, but it has to be taken seriously first and foremost.

well at my age i shouldn't have to be worrying about who i am going to marry yet. i say we should just have fun and see how it works between us:)

i think it is something to do while getting to know the person ur with at the sametime.

I would never be able to sit at a fancy restaurant, wearing a fancy dress, watching him eat all gentle-manly in a fancy suit, trying to impress the shit out of me.

I would love to go to an amusement park in a tee and jeans, with him in whatever the fuck he wears at home with his hair messed up, so we can have some fun, scream our lungs out and laugh around like kids. :) That's a date for me.

sometimes relationships will get serios and then you take it seriosly. but there is nothing wrong with going out on a casual date with someone just to have fun. thats how they should start anyways.

I think it's a little bit both,People should take it seriously,but it should be fun (sometimes) as well,but I guess it depends who the person you're spending time with.

It really depends though. But I agree that it's normally a combination {at least of the first two}.

Young teens normally do it just for fun, but as you get older it usually becomes more serious. -Most- are searching for the one to be with, for good.