You’ve heard the language, summer romance, and summer fling.
Sean Kelly and Mariam Serkal talk with Dr Julie Gowthorpe, RSW about creating realistic expectations of summer dating and, if you want it, how to create relationship success.
More people are choosing to be single so this means there are less people on the dating market. In a 2022 Pew study, showed, this is a lot, 57% percent of singles were not looking for a relationship or casual dates.
Research also showed that singles looking for dates decreased from 49% in 2019 to 42% in 2022. Men in particular reported that they were not looking for a relationship or even casual dates.
The average success rate of finding partners through dating apps is only around 12%, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center study.
