Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
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Re: Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
#2Not so surprising, as someone who was recently in their 20s. Dating is old fashioned and very consumeristic/wealth oriented. I've also never been on a date, because my social strata only goes out to party, not to eat at expensive restaurants with dress codes and shit, or theaters with $20 popcorn. We have kitchens and netflix.
Re: Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
#3Not so surprising, as someone who was recently in their 20s. Dating is old fashioned and very consumeristic/wealth oriented. I've also never been on a date, because my social strata only goes out to party, not to eat at expensive restaurants with dress codes and shit, or theaters with $20 popcorn. We have kitchens and netflix.
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Is your point that you still have romantic interactions with your preferred sex but that it isn't in the "dating" form? Or are you saying the entire thing is old fashioned and something you're uninterested in?
Re: Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
#4Not so surprising, as someone who was recently in their 20s. Dating is old fashioned and very consumeristic/wealth oriented. I've also never been on a date, because my social strata only goes out to party, not to eat at expensive restaurants with dress codes and shit, or theaters with $20 popcorn. We have kitchens and netflix.
Does a date imply going somewhere? Most of my dates were at mine or other party's home, and we'd describe them as "dates".
Re: Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
#5Japan's population has been in decline for a while [1] and there may be other compounding factors. Adding a video that can does a good job explaining this. A lack of dating will add to this problem.
[1] - https://youtu.be/qcNhqYBr2To?t=9 [video] [skipping ad]
Re: Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
#6Not so surprising, as someone who was recently in their 20s. Dating is old fashioned and very consumeristic/wealth oriented. I've also never been on a date, because my social strata only goes out to party, not to eat at expensive restaurants with dress codes and shit, or theaters with $20 popcorn. We have kitchens and netflix.
Interesting. What does going on a "date" even mean these days?
Re: Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
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Re: Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
#8Not so surprising, as someone who was recently in their 20s. Dating is old fashioned and very consumeristic/wealth oriented. I've also never been on a date, because my social strata only goes out to party, not to eat at expensive restaurants with dress codes and shit, or theaters with $20 popcorn. We have kitchens and netflix.
Does a date imply going somewhere? Most of my dates were at mine or other party's home, and we'd describe them as "dates".
Yeah, in my view, going on a date means going out to in a one-on-one format. Going to each others' house is just normal friend stuff, with the only difference from hanging out with my same-sex friends being sexual activity.
Re: Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
#9Not so surprising, as someone who was recently in their 20s. Dating is old fashioned and very consumeristic/wealth oriented. I've also never been on a date, because my social strata only goes out to party, not to eat at expensive restaurants with dress codes and shit, or theaters with $20 popcorn. We have kitchens and netflix.
> We have kitchens and netflix.
Well that's also a date. Do you think respondents misunderstand the word?
Re: Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
#10Not so surprising, as someone who was recently in their 20s. Dating is old fashioned and very consumeristic/wealth oriented. I've also never been on a date, because my social strata only goes out to party, not to eat at expensive restaurants with dress codes and shit, or theaters with $20 popcorn. We have kitchens and netflix.
Interesting. What does going on a "date" even mean these days?
Good question. I was married AND divorced far before I went on my first date.
The general issue, however, is widespread loneliness.