Its not a trap, its a method born out of necessity, an economic reality if you will. So yes, but it is not just that it is simpler, but the only thing that can be repeated over and over again.

There are only a few people you can afford to get to know in a way you describe; although having those type of people in your life is not a given i gues. Just had cheese fondue with three of them, the chocolate fondue is next :)