Just curious , what’s Gen z situation with dating?

[Anonymous]

Am from a very traditional country and I was only in London for secondary education for only two years then came back so I have no clue about this so am here in GAG asking.

Is it true that dating has changed in the west?

If it has changed for the negative what’s your prediction for the future?

Has it remained the same just with the internet magnifying the problems of a minority?

Dating remains the same

Dating has gotten worse

[Haraklus]

It seems like people are dating a lot less and a lot more callously than millennials, for the most part, but a few people are really, really getting around now that social media is in full swing.

It definitely sounds bleaker and more depressing. As bad as dating was when I was in my 20s, it looks like it's gotten a lot worse. Nobody trusts anybody, so nobody behaves in a trustworthy way. Which just perpetuates the cycle. If dating were a game of prisoner's dilemma, Gen Z seems to have gone into a defect-defect equilibrium.
I do think that the millennial approach to dating and sex was probably too out there. But I worry a bit for my gen z acquaintances. They seem to think that deep friendships are a substitute for romantic love. They really, really aren't -- although they're wonderful things that shouldn't be neglected!
Still, hopefully with age and maturity they'll figure it out. I'm hopeful for the future.

[Lionman95]

Dating has become hard because everybody has high personal standards and expectation. Also political views play a role as does religion. Societies are broken in pieces and often people are stuck in their camp and can´t date people of other camps.
I would say it might get better in the future because men and women have to come together but I think a loud minority will remain single while others manage to at least have a relationship.

[Anonymous]

Everyone I know is either married or they are always dating.

[RebelinSteel]

It’s not changed since I was 10

it’s just the same.

[Anonymous]

It’s worse because people don’t go out as much. So they rely on dating apps. That’s not the most natural way of meeting a romantic partner.

[laly520]

worse

[Asker]

In what ways?