Recent studies have shown that Americans are having a lot less sex than they used to, and apparently, the youngest generations (millennials and Gen Z'ers) are the biggest culprits. Experts say that increased social media use, alcohol consumption, video games, and living longer under a parent's roof are all contributing factors to this nationwide dry spell.
Since millennials are always shat on, let's focus on the Gen Z'ers for a second, and what "romance" looks like in their universe. Here are 23 tweets that show what those poor souls are dealing with:
1. The Snapchatter:
dating as a Gen z human in their early 20s is so embarrassing because sometimes you get hurt by someone who uses Snapchat as their primary method of communication
2. The acceptance:
dating as a gen Z is just accepting the fact that u will be ghosted.
3. The bluntness:
i’ve never felt as beautiful as i did the moment a date said unprompted “u seem like u would have acid reflux”
4. The truth:
I don’t even think dating as a gen Z exists. We’re all just aimlessly wandering around, crying that we’re single and doing nothing about it LOOOOOOOOOL
5. The conundrum:
Dating as a Gen Z 👇🏽 Let’s be friends. Just friends. I’m not ready for a relationship, but I expect you to do things with me considered inappropriate in terms of a friendship. We’re not together, you can’t claim me, but you can’t be with anyone but me.
6. The butterflies:
bumble boy just asked me if i wanted to facetime tonight && i got butterflies. is this dating as a gen z?
7. The capital letters:
I FUCKING HATE DATING AS A GEN Z. ALL ANYONE WANTS TO DO IS FUCK BUT ALL I WANNA DO IS FEEL FOR SOMEONE LIKE A HOZIER SONG MAKES ME FEEL
8. The anxiety:
the gen z dating experience in a nutshell
9. The lifted judgement:
The Gen Z dating scene is so bad. I will never again judge people who decide they’re dating to marry
10. The bases:
we are in HELL bc why is this gen z dating https://t.co/aK3iZ6pIjy
11. The "iPhone check":
Gen z dating be like
12. The rules:
the first rule of gen z dating is they can have your instagram but not your twitter
13. The profiles:
Millennial dating profiles are like “here are 25 musicians and authors who have had a profound influence on my life, and three paragraphs about what I’m looking for” and Gen Z dating profiles are like “here are my current mental illnesses, I like to sleep a lot, don’t message me”
14. Again, the profiles:
Gen Z dating profiles be like: "ruin me" "looking for someone to hurt me" "ready to get my heart broken again"
15. The stages:
a short story of gen z dating *talking stage* *white lies* *ghosted* thank you for coming to my ted talk 🤡
16. The memes:
gen z dating is reposting memes about being lonely and hoping someone replies
17. The retweets:
1950s dating: drive to the movies or share a milkshake & you’re going steady... Gen Z dating: “oh she retweets my memes & we matched on tinder, maybe I should talk to her”
18. The lackluster behavior:
The dating culture in gen z sucks. Don’t feel like it’s working? Ghost. Wanna meet? Swipe right. Need to say smthng uncomfy? Text. Bored? Fubu WE DESERVE REAL LIFE CONNECTION.
19. The birth chart:
sitting on the concrete of a skatepark and filling out a cafe astrology birth chart for a b*y who probably doesn’t care is my favorite gen z dating ritual
20. The "talking":
I love how outrageous Gen Z dating culture is. “Talking” can mean anywhere from meeting every night to only texting. Leaving him on opened is a power move. Being left on opened is basically a break up. Outrageous
21. The therapist:
i say this at the risk of sounding like a pick me, but gen z dating culture makes my skin crawl, next talking phase i go through will be me talking to my therapist on a regular basis. i would rather eat saw dust than tell someone my favorite color is yellow again
22. The dating app solution:
Ghosting on this Gen Z dating app will literally make you invisible https://t.co/EOb7VJJloG
23. And finally, the chopper:
do married people watch gen z dating and feel like they caught the last chopper out of Nam
