Golden retriever boyfriends and ick lists: gen Z’s dating rules are making them ‘constantly disappointed’ (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

"Oh no! Young people have higher standards and might end up waiting until they're more mature to start dating! Whatever shall we do?"

Read the first few paragraphs. Everything in there is fairly reasonable. Many of the things on the "ick list" are big red flags that any reasonable person should avoid.

[-] alzjim@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

So very reasonable...

doesn’t travel enough
has no skincare routine
is an unsuccessful DJ
is embarrassed to do karaoke
if he’s saving himself for marriage.

Did we even read the same opening paragraph?

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I can't believe being a failed DJ made your list of unreasonable red lines.

[-] alzjim@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It's not? Those are examples listed in the article.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That you are highlighting as unreasonable right? That's the whole point of that comment. Clearly.

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