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How couples meet in the US (europe.pub)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemdro.id to c/usa@midwest.social

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This is really a monumental societal change.

3rd spaces are nearly completely destroyed, and online seems to be the main option for ppl now.

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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nearly everyone I dated or hooked up with, including my wife, were through friends. It was a great way to hang out and get to know each other before just doing one on one stuff.

I knew it was going to go down, but holy hell that is a massive drop and I don't know if that means through friends wasn't as good as I remember compared to online or if people just aren't bothering with introducing people anymore.

[–] Imadethis@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll bet that it's due to the trend we've seen in the last couple of decades: fewer close friends, if any at all.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Or just more online friends, which (depending on how the researchers broke up the data) would shift things away from “through friends” and towards “online” instead.