Where have all the Gentlemen gone?

Fedoras, black ties, evening gowns, lipstick, and courtship. When these words come into my mind I think of the classic iconic love and romance of the 40's. Today when I think of dating and romance the words match.com, hanging out, cyberdates, and hot dog on a stick come to mind. Why do you ask? Because this is what our generation of romance has come down to. So I would like to write a little something to show men what women want.
Asking a girl out:
Do you A: text message her asking "would you like to hang out sometime maybe?"
or B: in person ask "I am really interested in trying to get to know you better, would you allow me the honor of taking you out on a date?"
If you said A I give you a smack on the head. No girl wants to tell their friends yeah he just texted me asking to hang out. If you use method B your odds of getting a yes and a date are 4/5.
Why is it that text messaging has now become the way to ask out someone on a date? It's in no way romantic and a little cowardish that you don't want to take me out on a date, you want to maybe sometime in the future meet someplace and hang out. That does not seem like the nice, wonderful, or romantic first date story for me to gab to my girlfriends about and journal. Text messaging is so informal and unpersonal. I have never met a girl who didn't want a little romance! I understand that dating has become like swimming in a shark tank and the fear of rejection is in the air. But, if you don't try you'll never succeed. It's better to ask and get a "No, thank you I am just interested in remaining friends." than to never ask at all while the girl of your dreams sits and waits.
The date:
In our modern day society it has become so much easier to just take a girl to a local starbucks and talk than to actually plan out an activity. I understand that the former is much simpler and less stressful on you, but think about what you want as a result of this first date. Do you want to just hang out and get to know the person on a superficial level? Or do you want to possible turn this into a relationship? I'm guessing that you want to possibly turn it into a relationship. I quote: "Now is not the time to hang out!" And having lack of funds is no excuse. There are plenty of inexpensive/non money dates that you can plan as long as you look and think! Remember, romance is key and this girl you are taking out is going to tell all of her friends about this date. Taking the time to pick the girl up is a very very good gesture, this tells us that you care enough about our date to want to spend the extra time with me. and for goodness sakes OPEN HER DOOR FOR HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot stress that enough! There is nothing more flattering than a man opening your door for you. It is gentlemanly, kind, sweet, respectful, and just plain cute! Always go for the door unless she specifically tells you that she does not want you to. But, unless she says that, always open her door! Example: I am a modern girl of the 21st century, but the first thing on my list when a man takes me out on a date is the door. If he doesn't open my door for me that is the first knock down of the night, I think to myself that he doesn't respect me enough to take 5 seconds and open my door. It's the gentleman thing to do and lets face it who doesn't want to be described as a gentleman. A little statistic for you. I asked 10 girls if they would like their man to open their door for them. All 10 responded back with a sincere Yes!
Now, for the bulk of the date. There is nothing more annoying to us ladies than getting in the car and the man has not planned anything out for our date. He has no requests whatsoever and has nothing planned. This shows us a huge lack of respect. As a girl going out on a date we take our time to make sure we look nice and smell good and get all excited and tell people we're going on a date! We don't want it to be a dud! Please dress appropriate to what the activity is and have it planned for us. Sometimes it is nice to get into the car and have him ask me if I would like to go to this restraunt or this restraunt. But for the activity don't let us have to think it up at the last minute.
Hanky Panky:
As a general rule, for a first date doorstep scene a hug is the most appropriate. Listen to our body language and what we are saying and acting before you try to go in for a kiss. Sometimes it is so nice to have the man wait. It shows an enormous ammount of respect and will also get you another date! There is nothing that ruins a date more than trying to go too fast. We want to be treated like the lady that we are and see you as the man you are.
The doorstep scene:
Go watch Hitch. He's very correct. Now, you've had a lovely evening and things have gone really well. You pull up to the lady's house and what do you do? Open up her door and walk her to her doorstep! She's not a friend she's your date. At the doorstep, compliment her on the wonderful evening you've had. If you've got the balls go ahead and ask if she'd like to go out again sometime. If not it is perfectly ok to give a hug and leave it at that. Then at a later date she may suggest another date or you can ask for another date. It's all good.
The most important message of them all is to treat a lady like she should be treated! These things I have described is a small basic guideline of a date and I promise you it works. Don't let a good one slip through the cracks because of small mistakes in manners!