Why modern dating is terrible

Earlier this year, I wrote a <a href="https://thewanderingengineer.medium.com/the-engineering-approach-to-dating-e8adc7dd35c4" rel="noopener">long post</a> about dating, but truth be said, modern-day dating in the developed world is terrible, especially if you’re looking for something serious and long-term. Statistics don’t lie. The average age of marriage has risen to over 30 in most developed nations. More than half of all marriages end in divorce. Birth rates are at an all-time low. 2/3 of young men and 1/3 of young women aged 18–29 are lonely in the US. Sexlessness is rising sharply as well. More and more people (up to 20%) are reporting having no close friendships at all. Now, before I get into the specifics of why this is happening, I want to address a common sentiment that some people have on the Internet. They want to go back to the “good old days”, i.e. the early 20th century or earlier when dating and relationships were supposedly “easy”, especially for men. But back then, women didn’t have nearly the amount of social and economic power as today, so they had to find a guy early on, get married, and have children. Many women had to stay in abusive, often violent marriages just to get by, as they wouldn’t be able to support themselves otherwise, or would be seen as social outcasts. A lot of others, especially younger men, are entertaining the idea of (or already) moving to certain third-world countries (i.e. “<a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Passport+bros" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">passport bros</a>”) where women’s rights and place in society still resemble that of the early 20th century, places where women still rely on men for their survival. However, I believe these people are just running away from their problems. You think dating will be easier there, but without resolving some of your own internal issues, you’ll still be miserable, no matter where you are. We have come a long way since then in terms of women’s rights and their place in society. I do not wish to go back in time. I am very glad for the human rights and freedoms that we’re being given nowadays. I believe what we are seeing now in the dating scene is simply a byproduct of this social progress. We are still in a transitional period where human rights and gender roles are still rapidly being redefined. Transitions are always rough. There are still many things that need to be sorted out before things stabilize in the dating world. <a href="https://thewanderingengineer.medium.com/why-modern-dating-is-terrible-ad9c1871e28c">Visit Now</a>