WASHINGTONPOST (Ariana Eunjung Cha) - The ‘Gen Z stare’ — and the decline of saying things out loud
We’re speaking fewer words every year. Scientists worry what that’s doing to our brains.
AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - She ditched the dating apps, hired a flirting coach, and found her husband in three months
A 49-year-old London café owner who spent years stuck in bad relationships and dead-end app dates hired a flirting coach and hypnotherapist, and married the man she met just weeks into the program. Elizabeth Laing ran a café in Greenwich, south-east London, where she watched couples come and go, some getting married, divorced, and remarried, […] The post She ditched the dating apps, hired a flirting coach, and found her husband in three months appeared first on American Almanac .
A 49-year-old London café owner who spent years stuck in bad relationships and dead-end app dates hired a flirting coach and hypnotherapist, and married the man she met just weeks into the program. Elizabeth Laing ran a café in Greenwich, south-east London, where she watched couples come and go, some getting married, divorced, and remarried, while she stayed single. She cycled through what she described as failed romances, bad boyfriends, and the kind of half-relationships that never go anywhere. Then she tried something most people would find terrifying: she put down her phone, walked into public spaces, and started talking to strangers. Laing hired a flirting coach and a hypnotherapist, gave herself a three-month deadline to find a…Open
NYTIMES (Christina Caron) - ‘I’ve Hit My Limit’: Some New Yorkers Opt for Fun at Home to Save Money
When wages are low and activities are pricey, the frugal find new ways of socializing.
AXIOS (Carly Mallenbaum) - Birding, silent book club, Mahjong and more: America's meetup explosion
Young people raised on swiping, DMing and streaming are doing something bold: going out. Why it matters: Amid a loneliness epidemic , millennials and Gen Zers are craving IRL connection — enough to show up for meetups built around activities once considered solitary, or "grandma hobbies ." The latest: They're leaving the house to play chess , birdwatch and read in silence together. - "It's very easy to sit inside and rot just by yourself," Cole Robinson, president of the Audubon on Campus Trinity University chapter, tells Axios San Antonio . - But activities like birding can help you "feel a little less lonely," the 20-year-old says. "Soft socializing" experiences — where you're with other people but networking is not the main…
NYTIMES (Troy Closson) - Gen Z Can’t Afford a First Date
From $130 dinners to expensive cocktails and even exorbitant movie tickets, a crushing economy in New York City is creating a fresh barrier to love.
REDSTATE (Jennifer Oliver O'Connell) - Feel-Good Friday: Community Comes Together to Fill Yearly Event With Frolic, Fun for Senior Citizens
NYTIMES (Emi Nietfeld) - Gen Z Has Lost Its Ambition. Maybe It’s Found Something Better.
For Gen Z college graduates, the way millennials lived out their ambitions no longer makes sense.
NYTIMES (Nadja Spiegelman, Christine Emba, Carter Sherman and Vishakha Darbha) - Gen Z-ers Are Ditching Sex. They Might Be On to Something.
Is celibacy cool now?
NPR (Chloe Veltman) - Shy on the dance floor? Virtual reality 'partners' aim to help you find your groove
VR dance lesson apps like Dance Guru and Trip the Light offer a judgment-free way to learn partner dancing.
NYTIMES (Rose Courteau) - How to Be a Good Guest at a Dinner Party
Tips for endearing yourself to your host and fellow attendees — and all but guaranteeing you’ll be asked back.