Why the rate of single men in the US looking for dates has declined
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Re: Why the rate of single men in the US looking for dates has declined
#2Really troubling statistics if true. I suspect the lockdown has exacerbated this.
Frankly I worry for my own young children. I almost wish there was a place to live where there was little to no social media, no chronic cell phone addiction, people out in nature, together, socializing, cooperating.
Re: Why the rate of single men in the US looking for dates has declined
#3Really troubling statistics if true. I suspect the lockdown has exacerbated this. Frankly I worry for my own young children. I almost wish there was a place to live where there was little to no social media, no chronic cell phone addiction, people out in nature, together, socializing, cooperating.
Exactly. I also think increase in house prices, cost of living and lack of free time also contributed to this.
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Re: Why the rate of single men in the US looking for dates has declined
#5Really troubling statistics if true. I suspect the lockdown has exacerbated this. Frankly I worry for my own young children. I almost wish there was a place to live where there was little to no social media, no chronic cell phone addiction, people out in nature, together, socializing, cooperating.
Not a comfortable thing to say, but this is one reason I’m glad my kid is a daughter and not a son
If the dating game is already like this now, it’s scary thinking about how it’ll be 18 years from now
Re: Why the rate of single men in the US looking for dates has declined
#6The maths of dating never makes sense unless you make some really difficult assumptions.
Reminds me of a joke from somewhere: Every happy man is single and every happy woman is married.
Re: Why the rate of single men in the US looking for dates has declined
#7Really troubling statistics if true. I suspect the lockdown has exacerbated this. Frankly I worry for my own young children. I almost wish there was a place to live where there was little to no social media, no chronic cell phone addiction, people out in nature, together, socializing, cooperating.
Not a comfortable thing to say, but this is one reason I’m glad my kid is a daughter and not a son If the dating game is already like this now, it’s scary thinking about how it’ll be 18 years from now
> Not a comfortable thing to say, but this is one reason I’m glad my kid is a daughter and not a son
I am missing something here... why? If the rate of single men in the US looking for a date has dropped, wouldn't a similar number (assuming majority straight relationships and monogamous pairings) of women be also single?
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#8Underlying report discussed here a couple of days ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34895267
Note though that this video adds some rare (for mainstream media due to its controversial nature) perspective on the long-known causes of the problem, raised by some in that and earlier discussions.
Re: Why the rate of single men in the US looking for dates has declined
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not a comfortable thing to say, but this is one reason I’m glad my kid is a daughter and not a son If the dating game is already like this now, it’s scary thinking about how it’ll be 18 years from now
> Not a comfortable thing to say, but this is one reason I’m glad my kid is a daughter and not a son I am missing something here... why? If the rate of single men in the US looking for a date has dropped, wouldn't a similar number (assuming majority straight relationships and monogamous pairings) of women be also single?
No, men aren’t looking for dates cause online dating has made it really brutal for them and allowed women to be more choosy
It’s not by choice
Re: Why the rate of single men in the US looking for dates has declined
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not a comfortable thing to say, but this is one reason I’m glad my kid is a daughter and not a son If the dating game is already like this now, it’s scary thinking about how it’ll be 18 years from now
> Not a comfortable thing to say, but this is one reason I’m glad my kid is a daughter and not a son I am missing something here... why? If the rate of single men in the US looking for a date has dropped, wouldn't a similar number (assuming majority straight relationships and monogamous pairings) of women be also single?
It means that young women are increasingly able to exercise their preference for dating high status men, who are on average older.