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Modern Dating · POPR Books

The Dating Recession?

Why Men and Women Have Stopped Dating, Why Apps Are Failing, and the Real Blueprint to Escape the Loneliness Crisis and Build a Relationship That Lasts

Modern dating feels stalled, confusing, or difficult to begin.

A cultural look at how people meet, date, and think about lasting relationships. The book considers dating apps, social life, economic pressure, delayed marriage, loneliness, and the different experiences people report without reducing those questions to a gender war.

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Inside the book

A guide to the questions that matter.

A cultural look at how people meet, date, and think about lasting relationships. The book considers dating apps, social life, economic pressure, delayed marriage, loneliness, and the different experiences people report without reducing those questions to a gender war.

  • Dating culture
  • Dating apps
  • Social connection
  • Evidence and viral claims
  • Long-term partnership
Explore selected chapter themes
  1. Dating-app fatigue and how people meet
  2. Marriage timing and changing social patterns
  3. Loneliness, friendship, and social connection
  4. Dating statistics, myths, and definitions
  5. How men and women experience the same system
  6. Building a relationship that lasts

Selected themes are shown here for orientation. Refer to the edition in hand for its complete contents.