Well I’ll have to disagree with that...
While there has been many dates back in the golden era and for a time ‘post gold’ there were many non transactional encounters where the clear intention was sex. Some were different.
Eight years ago I met a waitress, and I am not being bias... but she is by far the most stunning thing I laid eyes on.., No working lady or non working lady that I met up to that point could even hold a candle...
I asked her for her number and she said yes and she asked why. I told her I want to take her out. No games, no lies, I was acting different without volunteering to do so.
On our first date we shot at a gun range, we dined, we went to Kings Park. Kings park was a place of triumph for me on many occasions. Many parts and fixtures inside my hot little Toyota Celica at the time was kicked off by high heels etc

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Something was different... I did not pull the trigger and make the move like I did almost every other time. I did not kiss her. I did not hold her. Something within me held me back. I think it was called respecting that fact she was not ready. While she loved spending time with me, she was not a slut.
Sadly she chose another after 5 days and I hardly heard from her again as she is an extremely loyal person and did not want to lead me on or disrespect her new boyfriend. That just made me want her more, but she was never going to be mine. A little later she loved back to her home country with her new man. That was that... I let go and walked away and accepted her choice and wished her happiness. We met for a meal to say goodbye. I hugged her when it was time to part, and it felt so right. But she was not mine and I never expected to see her again. I turned around quickly and walked away, wiped off my tears and moved on.
2 years passed and she made contact. She was still with her man but very unhappy. I made no moves... I was also in a relationship.. a very strange and kinda fucked up relationship, but a relationship. I told her that and later on learned that she cried a lot from learning that fact.
Another year passed and things were different for both of us again. We talked more and made plans to travel somewhere and meet.
EIGHT YEARS AGO I MET A BEAUTIFUL WAITRESS... WE WENT OUT ON A DATE AND I HAD NO ATTACHMENT TO HAVE SEX THAT NIGHT. I JUST LOVED BEING AROUND HER.
TODAY WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS. SHE IS GETTING MORE BEAUTIFUL. ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE SHE IS STILL ASLEEP IN THE MORNING NEXT TO ME. I CAN LIE THERE FOR HOURS JUST WATCHING HER SLEEP IN MY ARMS.
OUR SEX LIFE IS STILL LIKE THE WHEN WE TRAVELLED SOMEWHERE AND MET UP...
That is why I have been retired from being Yoda to this day...