Is it a situationship, or am I overthinking it?

Straight answers about dating in your twenties. No hacks, no rules, no pretending you didn't reread the text nine times.

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haha yeah we should def hang soon

been so busy lately

totally. thursday?

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Questions we answer

53%
of adults ages 18 to 29 have ever used a dating site or app.
Pew Research Center, 2023. 6,034 U.S. adults, July 2022.
67%
of Gen Z singles have used AI in their dating lives.
Kinsey Institute and Match, Singles in America, 2026. About 5,000 U.S. singles.
78%
of recent dating app users have felt burned out by the apps at least sometimes.
Forbes Health and OnePoll, reported by Deseret News, 2024. 1,000 U.S. adults who used a dating app in the past year.
1 in 3
unmarried adults ages 22 to 35 are actively dating.
Wheatley Institute and Institute for Family Studies, 2026. 5,275 unmarried U.S. adults ages 22 to 35.

Dating nowPew Research Center, 2023
The who, where and why of online dating in the U.S. (opens pewresearch.org)
Survey numbers on who uses dating apps, which ones, and why, with a close look at adults under 30.
Brutal breakupNPR (Life Kit), 2020
The art of breaking up, from 'the talk' to moving on (opens npr.org)
Practical guidance on ending things kindly and on what helps in the weeks after.
Apps and textingNPR, 2024
Our quest for romance through dating apps is only making us lonelier, studies find (opens npr.org)
Reports on studies linking heavy app use to loneliness, useful if swiping has started to feel worse than not dating.

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