I don't want you to glance through this article, because if you're single, this is by far the most important thing you've ever read in your life. If you can write that down right now, write the one word that describes how you feel in your dating life right now. Over the last couple of years, I've noticed a really disturbing trend when it comes down to dating. The word that we used to have a long time ago, before the flood of Internet dating sites and dating apps and social media validation.
The word that people used to use in dating was a magical word, it was called hope. If you're a woman reading this article right now, I want you to think, when was the last time a man came over and approached you and flirted with you? If you're a man reading this, I want you to think, when was the last time you actually walked over and actually took a dare and flirted with a woman? I want you to also ask yourself this question: when you're out in public, how often do you look at your cell phone?
We've become a dating culture - especially in the western world - of people who are swiping and hoping that they'll stumble across the right photo, the right picture, the perfect person.
Dating has become a paradoxic choice. It's almost like shopping on Amazon. You take a look, you read the reviews and you see if - after reading reviews from random strangers - this is the perfect thing for you. And don't even get me started on how dating is only a review away.
Pretty soon there's going to be a review site, a major one, a major breakthrough where people will post about their exes, and then you're going to find out the truth about everybody and the next thing you know, it's going to feed this dating anger even more. Let's even get more honest with today. When was the last time you went out on a date with somebody and didn't Google them ahead of time so you can have a preconceived story about what you think they are due to somebody else's opinion of them on Google?
