Dating as an "adult"

OK so I have a confession - I love office gossip!!! Working in my first corporate office, I've gotten a glimpse of what it's like to "adult". Sure adulting has its ups and downs but I'm really excited to be in this part of my life. It's great because I don't have any real responsibilities, I mean except for like paying rent but duh. With all of these new life advancements, I'm still trying to figure out how to date as an adult. Most of you have read all about my heart breaks and insecurities that involve cowardice men. Anyway, while listening to the office gossip it has come to my attention that my version of dating and theirs is completely different. It wasn't until a couple days later that I began a google search. 'How to date as an adult,' of course google isn't a reliable source for these opinionated forum like questions. Stay off of google for like issues (and symptoms searches — apparently I should have died three years ago).

I guess what I'm wondering is it anything like dating in college??? Are we still emotionally damaging each other and homie-hopping? Do we text all day and get jealous over each others social media findings? Do we still go through each other’s phones and try to cover up our purely visible tracks? 

I have many complex questions involving dating and adulthood. While reviewing these questions my only thought is 'I hope not'. Working multiple jobs I really don't have the time or energy to text ALL day. Of course when you're getting to know someone it is important to communicate and such but I'm busy and I hope you are, too. Next, are we exclusive or are we keeping our options open...also, are we discussing this, will it be clear or are we just continuing on with the guessing-games? 

Whatever the case may be, I think shit like this builds wall and forces us to act accordingly to those walls. We build it higher and higher until those four walls meet. We lock ourselves up behind these walls and even throw some metal bars up. That's it, we self-incriminate and imprison ourselves. I mean really, it's an uphill battle. I still don't understand this dating shit. At a point in time I was addicted to the games but now I am craving something real. 

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So if you clicked the link looking for advice on "How to date as an adult?" I'm sorry, I fooled you. If you have advice, feel free to drop a comment. I'm sensitive don't bash me too hard ;).