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re: Only 1 in 3 eligible young adults are actively dating
Posted on 2/15/26 at 11:40 am to HouseMom
Posted on 2/15/26 at 11:40 am to HouseMom
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the institution of marriage is still the ideal arrangement for raising children.
It's also the highest risk financial decision that you'll ever make.
People stress about management fees and squeezing out extra 0.5 percent return in their 401k ...
But the reality is the biggest financial risk folks will make in their life is a result of hormones swirling around in their nuts.
Very few frickups will get you a 50+ percent haircut and a recurring financial obligation (in some cases).
So you can't really blame younger people who've fought to get stable when they hesitant to take that risk.
In majority of cases marriage sacrifices mobility and stability.
Not a good look for society as a whole, and will amplify population going below replacement. The financial risk will be too great.
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Posted on 2/15/26 at 11:44 am to ReauxlTide222
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Everything is overpopulated and stale now.
Young women are fricking insane.
Everyone gets divorced.
Divorce rates are trending down. Might make you wonder what else you're wrong about. I'll give you a hint - almost everything.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 11:47 am to FahQGump
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Everyone has become hermits so the chances of seeing an attractive female in public that is approachable happens about 5% as often as it did 10 years ago.
I do think many young women, in general, don't try very hard. The "body positivity" movement translated into sloth, while the beauty standards dictated by men haven't changed at all. Now, men aren't what they used to be either, but I do think the obesity rates in young women are appalling.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 11:57 am to HouseMom
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the obesity rates in young women are appalling.
It's the American diet.
For the most part women in Europe look like a different species of human.
People bounce into work with a 32oz starbies which is a week's worth of sugar in the rest of the world.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 12:02 pm to Allthatfades
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Dating is damn expensive- everyone knows how much it costs now to eat at even a basic restaurant.
Learn to cook. Women love a guy who is comfortable in the kitchen.
Invite her over for a meal that you prepare. She has her own vehicle so she won't feel trapped. She can leave at any time.
Drink a few cocktails and have conversation while she watches you cook.
Then watch a movie on your ginormous flat screen 4K HDTV.
Just like a dinner / movie date, but a whole lot less expensive.
This post was edited on 2/15/26 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 2/15/26 at 12:17 pm to HouseMom
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I do think many young women, in general, don't try very hard. The "body positivity" movement translated into sloth, while the beauty standards dictated by men haven't changed at all.
To me the biggest issue is that social media and apps have created an environment of laziness. Girls obviously don’t have to try near as hard since they just post heavily filtered pics of themselves and sit back and pick and choose between the guys that swipe on them.
For guys, they swipe everything and cast the absolute widest nets possible. And all they have to do really is sit back and throw bullshite opening lines or dick pics at a huge variety of girls in the hope that one works out. The running joke about online dating apps has always been the amount of dick pics that girls are inundated with. But that wouldn’t happen if it didn’t actually work. If a guy sends out a dick pic or a stupid pickup line to 50 girls and one responds positively, that’s a win for him. So he’s gotten laid with very minimal effort. So why would be actually put the effort in to try to woo someone or treat her nicely when sitting back and giving minimal effort already works?
Posted on 2/15/26 at 12:22 pm to LA Lightning
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She can leave at any time.
She can also return at any time and throw battery acid on your car when you tell her it's not gonna to work out.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 12:33 pm to Stat M Repairman
Threads whining about the dysfunction of dating app culture are so disheartening to me. My daughter is one of the most eligible young women on the planet but no men approach her in real life. Get off the damn dating apps. I worry that she will never know what love is. When she was 20 one man in his mid-thirties invited her to his place for dinner, but she rightly considered that risky. He never suggested any get-to-know-you in a social setting alternative.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 12:42 pm to LA Lightning
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Invite her over for a meal that you prepare.
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one man in his mid-thirties invited her to his place for dinner, but she rightly considered that risky.
Found the rub.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 12:43 pm to Stat M Repairman
Posted on 2/15/26 at 1:01 pm to ShoeBang
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normalize promiscuity this is what you get.
But most of these kids aren’t getting any…
Posted on 2/15/26 at 1:07 pm to RLDSC FAN
This generation is scared shitless to do anything for fear of failure. They don’t drive cars, they don’t take jobs (or fail at the jobs they do take bc they can’t figure things out on their own), and they don’t date or do social things.
All these kids are super absorbed in their safe little bubbles with their phones and their headphones. Drive around on LSU campus and stop at any red light with a cross walk. 90% of the kids are head down in their phones. 50% have big headphones on. These kids are repressed socially 1) from their upbringing by Gen X and old millennials and 2) from years of social regression with COVID lockdowns and mask mandates
All these kids are super absorbed in their safe little bubbles with their phones and their headphones. Drive around on LSU campus and stop at any red light with a cross walk. 90% of the kids are head down in their phones. 50% have big headphones on. These kids are repressed socially 1) from their upbringing by Gen X and old millennials and 2) from years of social regression with COVID lockdowns and mask mandates
This post was edited on 2/15/26 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 2/15/26 at 1:10 pm to LA Lightning
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My daughter is one of the most eligible young women on the planet but no men approach her in real life
Doubt it
Posted on 2/15/26 at 1:11 pm to Odysseus32
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Social media makes young women feel like they are inadequate as well.
I am firmly entrenched in women’s spaces on Tik Tok. The algorithm feeds it to me on a daily basis. I find it fascinating, so I make sure it keeps popping up.
Every day I’ll get a few videos that have hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of likes with tens of thousands comments all about how it’s not worth dating men anymore. That women are just fine being independent. That research shows men have a higher quality of life when they’re married and women have a higher quality of life when they’re single. That traveling, boss girling, and social time with other girls is way more fulfilling than dating, getting married, or having kids.
Type “is it worth getting married” into the Tik Tok search bar and you’ll see thousands of videos of mostly women talking about how it’s not. Even in the comments, you’ll see married women say they found an amazing husband but would never recommend marriage to younger girls. My favorite line from them is: “an exceptional man is only as good as an average woman.”
Because the only good things a man can bring to the table is easily accomplished by women on their own.
This tells me a few things. 1) Women are fricking delusional right now and have completely lost the track of what can be a meaningful, fulfilling life. 2) Men suck and are doing very little to advocate for their role in a relationship.
If a man can improve himself to be worth half a shite, it’s shooting fish in a barrel on the dating scene. Women still fawn over men; they’ve just convinced themselves they deserve the best, no matter their actual sexual and relational value. So when men can catch a girl’s attention, she’ll be interested. Women are just making it harder for men to catch their attention.
This post was edited on 2/15/26 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 2/15/26 at 1:18 pm to chalmetteowl
There is that additional concern now of being recorded approaching a girl
Then being humiliated on social media
So if you aren't a 10/10 and your game isn't 10/10. . .you are better sport fricking 6's until you are ready to settle.
I know this is cynical, but I don't know how any of the younger generation makes this shite work. Too many landmines to navigate
Then being humiliated on social media
So if you aren't a 10/10 and your game isn't 10/10. . .you are better sport fricking 6's until you are ready to settle.
I know this is cynical, but I don't know how any of the younger generation makes this shite work. Too many landmines to navigate
Posted on 2/15/26 at 1:22 pm to Odysseus32
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I don't think there is one thing to blame here.
Agreed. Seems like everyone in here is listing some reasons. Our society did everything it could to create this, top to bottom.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 1:25 pm to pelicansfan123
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I think your last point about the 8-5 grind making it hard to meet people is true. Unless you happen to find someone who is clearly showing interest in you at work, it's exhausting to work a full day, do chores/required tasks, deal with meals, try to have a social life, exercise, AND now find time to date.
Sleep 10-6 every day
6-7 workout
7-8 get ready and go to work
8-5 work
5 hours a day to date, do chores, social life, etc. Don’t have to do the same thing every day, and full days on weekends to do this stuff. It’s not that hard
Posted on 2/15/26 at 1:25 pm to StringedInstruments
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If a man can improve himself to be worth half a shite, it’s shooting fish in a barrel on the dating scene.
This one’s tricky. Much of the dating scene is online and in apps. If you don’t get hits right away, your profile slides to the bottom. Again…the algorithm. In a sense, your odds will decrease by the hour. A successful dating profile depends on content, timing, and what app you use. If it’s quiet for your first 5 days, you’re better off deleting and starting over.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 1:27 pm to StringedInstruments
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My favorite line from them is: “an exceptional man is only as good as an average woman.”
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If a man can improve himself to be worth half a shite, it’s shooting fish in a barrel on the dating scene.
Sounds to me that no matter what you do it won't be good enough.
Posted on 2/16/26 at 5:36 am to RLDSC FAN
I just got married back in October at age 35 for the first and only time. Currently trying for a baby.
Never really cared to get married but sometimes you really do just find her.
Never really cared to get married but sometimes you really do just find her.
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