
Netflix Syndrome: The Paradox of Choice with Online Dating
Read this article, and it's so spot on. Remember when we used to have limited TV channels and such, or we just went to the movies or made it a Blockbuster night when choosing a VHS video on a Sat night?
https://mynorthwest.com/kiro-opinion/dating-apps-netflix-syndrome/4237124
Well, you can equate online dating to Netflix swiping, thousands of shows/movies to watch, but you can't really quite find the one you want to watch. The paradox of choice
Dating apps have turned human connection into a Netflix queue: Infinite options, paralysis, and the nagging feeling that something better is just one more swipe away. Yes, there are other factors at play — careers, finances, shifting priorities. But I can’t help wondering, would that shockingly low percentage of 30-year-olds who are married look a little different if people were swiping less and actually going outside more?
The author said he's lucky he met his wife just prior to the whole:
I think the same thing is happening in modern dating.
I feel genuinely lucky to have met and married my wife just one year before the online dating app boom. For most of human history, finding a life partner was largely a matter of proximity. My parents met at ages 3 and 4 in the small town where they grew up, married at 19 and 20, and have been happily together for more than 50 years. I met my wife at work, which was once one of the most reliable places to find a partner. We’re celebrating our 15th anniversary this July.
Yep, you were pretty much limited to who you were in close proximity, be it work or in school, that was it, and you were okay with that choice.