Yes. I am not old enough to have lived in this world, but I am old enough to have seen it. Here's how it worked. Everyone, man and woman alike, walked around with the baseline idea in their heads that, when they came of age, they were going to get married. So pretty much everyone, from the age of 14 on up, was passively on the lookout for potential partners, until you settled on one you liked. "Dating" wasn't a perennial state, or an activity for its own sake, it was a purposeful vetting process, and it lasted only until you were satisfied you had a good choice. And it wasn't a hard choice to make. Because you couldn't throw a rock without hitting two suitable candidates.
Almost no one was obese, because food was made of food and not industrial chemicals. Almost no one was covered in unsightly tattoos or pink hair dye, either. Almost everyone had compatible goals, because they were almost always the same... happy home, modest prosperity, reasonable amount of kids. Almost everyone had compatible values, because culture hadn't been demolished. Almost everyone was a good choice, because sex roles hadn't been demolished.
"Husband" and "wife" were jobs with clearly defined responsibilities. Everyone knew the specific tasks, 1-2-3, to be a good one. And those responsibilities were carefully designed, over many generations of trial and error, to be what made your partner actually like you. Not a coincidence. So choosing a wife or husband wasn't like sifting through sewage trying to find discarded coins. It was like choosing from a restaurant menu designed by a competent chef, and pretty much anything you order is going to be satisfying, so long as you avoid one or two options you don't personally like. Life wasn't easy. The past had other problems, like polio and communists. But there was a plan. And if you followed it, with a little luck, you'd be okay.
What happened? Boomers and their crusade to tear down the entire past, resent to year zero, and reinvent culture. That's what happened. Now we are all fat, sick, and ugly, humans aren't breeding, and we're constantly bickering over nuclear-grade political distrust, so it's safe to say the boomers dropped the ball on that one. Why they thought this was a good idea is a topic for another day.