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Millennials are reluctantly staying single because they can't afford to date [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | August 1, 2019 | Peter Lloyd

Posted on 08/01/2019 8:47:43 AM PDT by C19fan

Thousands of US millennials are priced-out of the dating market, a new study has shown.

Researchers found that a third of Generation Y are reluctantly single because they can't afford to pursue love.

According to the data, financial instability is hampering their ability to find 'the one' because it's forcing them to budget, instead.

Meanwhile, a quarter of respondents even said they would happily have sex with a human-like robot - but this would still be classed as cheating my half of partners.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: dating; me2; metoo; mgtow; millennial; pua; redpill; sjw
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So dating is becoming a luxury item like marriage. Dinner and a movie no longer is enough. I wonder how much of this is due to shows like "The Bachelor" where "courtship" involves over the top and expensive "dates".
1 posted on 08/01/2019 8:47:43 AM PDT by C19fan
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I guess the era of guy pays is back.


2 posted on 08/01/2019 8:51:05 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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How much did that cell phone cost again? Color me a bit skeptical.


3 posted on 08/01/2019 8:51:56 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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Well, if they voted for politicians that provided an environment for them to have good paying jobs, then this might be different.


4 posted on 08/01/2019 8:51:57 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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Wow what a LAME EXCUSE. Grabbing a pizza and watching a movie at home is too expensive? Oh, I guess since they live in Mom and Dad’s basement, that wouldn’t be cool..... what a bunch of pathetic losers.


5 posted on 08/01/2019 8:52:49 AM PDT by southernindymom
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If they didn’t spend all their money on Netflix, huge cell phone plans etc. maybe they would have a few bucks for dinner and a movie.


6 posted on 08/01/2019 8:52:53 AM PDT by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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That is the stupidest premise I’ve ever heard. Heck, I was married before my wife and I had any money.


7 posted on 08/01/2019 8:53:20 AM PDT by Lurker51
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what utter bullsheit!
(why would anyone even dream this krap up?)


8 posted on 08/01/2019 8:53:36 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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a quarter of respondents even said they would happily have sex with a human-like robot

A quarter of respondents are virgins?

That's the only way I can imagine such stupidity...

9 posted on 08/01/2019 8:53:59 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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Oh c’mon. I bet half the dates my now wife and I went on were between $10-$20, if they weren’t free, because we were just enjoying spending time together. Lousy excuse.


10 posted on 08/01/2019 8:54:19 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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I thought people were “hooking up”, not dating.


11 posted on 08/01/2019 8:54:41 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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No Romance Without Finance!


12 posted on 08/01/2019 8:55:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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When I dated, “Dinner and a Show” was McDonalds and “Hawaii Five-O”.


13 posted on 08/01/2019 8:55:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders soon to promise a Federal dating subsidy for millennials.


14 posted on 08/01/2019 8:56:33 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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Exactly. Dating costs a heap these days. If you do it, you can’t afford that new cell phone. I’m a millennial (I’m sorry to admit) and I know quite a few people who don’t date for various reasons, chief among them being money. It’s cheaper these days to just MGTOW

Lucky for me I’m married so I’m not a part of the statistic


15 posted on 08/01/2019 8:56:53 AM PDT by This_Dude
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Right?!?

Not much money left after manicure/pedicure, botox, $350/month car payments, eating out at $10/meal 8 or 10 times a week, send out the laundry, etc., etc.

If they had to live the way we did (or, more so, our parents) they would not be able to cope, IMHO.


16 posted on 08/01/2019 8:57:22 AM PDT by NEMDF
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Oh pahlease!

They’re staying single because millennial chicks are F-ing flakes who would much rather hang out with their transgender “guy” friends!


17 posted on 08/01/2019 8:57:22 AM PDT by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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The "dinner and movie" dating model is so...well, outdated and cliche.

Dates do not need to involve money. Go on a hike in the woods. Walk along the beach. Go to a museum (many are free). Go to the public library. Or a free outdoor concert that most bigger cities have during the summer.

18 posted on 08/01/2019 8:58:01 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders soon to promise a Federal dating subsidy for millennials.

With the stipulation that they have to date whomever they choose, which could be either gender.

19 posted on 08/01/2019 8:58:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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This article is BS on its face. It doesn't cost money to date. Anyone remember college? It DOES cost money to get married, though.

All that is required for dating is the desire, and I suspect THAT is the problem. Millenials are the most mixed-up, indoctrinated, gender-bending generation of all of them. They have suffered the full brunt of the left-wing, PC, anything-goes BS, and are lost in a sea of nonsense and confusion because of it. They don't have the slightest clue how male-female relations are supposed to work. Plus, who would want to date some purple-haired, nose-ringed, fatty feminist?

From what I've seen though, the younger ones may be rejecting a lot of that nonsense. We'll see.
20 posted on 08/01/2019 8:58:38 AM PDT by fr_freak
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