why is modern dating so hard? - by Isabel - Mind Mine

allow me to play carrie bradshaw for a minute here

I’ve been thinking about the challenges of modern dating a lot lately. Primarily because I have so many interesting, beautiful, smart friends—both men and women!—that are single and struggling fiercely to find a good match. It’s a multi-faceted problem that hits every stage of the dating pipeline: finding the right people, meeting them, courting them, maintaining/mining the connection, defining the relationship, entering a phase of exclusivity, and finally becoming “official.” It’s funny, because for most people, the end game of modern dating is the same as it has always been: end up with a…

related reading

• the agony of eros: dating - by Ava - bookbear expressava.substack.com
• why is modern dating so hard?mindmine.substack.com
• the agony of eros: dating - by Ava - bookbear expressavabear.xyz
• The Load-Bearing Relationshippalladiummag.com
• It's Complicated: Why Dating Is So Hard | Mark Mansonmarkmanson.net
• The Matching Problem in Dating - Erik Torenbergeriktorenberg.substack.com
• What if Love never finds you?onegirlinfinitethoughts.substack.com
• what's up with modern love?avabear.xyz
• Some Not Entirely Mainstream Tips for Meeting a Partnersashachapin.substack.com
• datingelainewrites.substack.com
• how to avoid the friendship traprachdele.substack.com
• today's dating apps and social clubs are doing it wrongchristineist.substack.com