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Why in-person dating is making a comeback — and why Gen Z is struggling with it, [and how to build confidence with in-person dating] (theconversation.com)
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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

How the hell sre people suppose to meet if you don't go to bars? Even us Gen X struggle with dating. And way I understand it is all the dating apps are traps. They make it so you don't find someone.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    How the hell sre people suppose to meet if you don't go to bars?

    Believe it or not there are all kinds of activities you can participate in with other people that don’t involve alcohol.

    Sadly for me sitting on the sofa like a lump at home isnt one of them.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What activities are those, that would involve the opportunity for dates. I know lots of great activities that I do all the time but people who share in those activities aren't looking for dates.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Not everyone at the bar is looking for a date either.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Depends on the bar obviously (and you can usually get a good idea without needing to be told) but there are loads of bars where you're the weirdo for not being there to meet people

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I met my girlfriend of multiple years now on a plein air organized by a hiking community. I know there are other people in that same hiking community who started dating after having a nice chat during the hike. It doesn't have to start out as a date, IMHO it's better if you start out just chatting, then if both are single at the end you ask if they're interested.

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    • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    just like with piracy, I feel like I'm the gen-z guiding the way for my friends. just join a club... you can do it guys...!

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I just want the original OkCupid back, but this time publicly funded. Way more efficient to use a self-customised matching filter made of thousands of questions than asking tens of questions from a hundred people in person.

    Destruction of OkCupid as an attack against its liberal-skewed user base:
    https://lemmy.world/post/24108120

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