I keep seeing variations of the same “today’s dating bad cuz ppl want sex” post almost everyday on here and how much traction every single one of them get and I just wanna say that dating has always been full of people looking to manipulate into sex; people hiding dubious pasts; people hooking up with several people at once; cheaters; etc..
To the people complaining about how modern dating is ruined and about “hookup culture” – it has always been this way. Learning to navigate this environment has always been an essential skill and this “before OLD/Social media” dating life has never ever existed, no matter how much mental gymnastics you’re willing to perform.
I get that this sub is skewed towards people not having much success but let’s not rewrite history here. It has always been about being yourself and weeding out the wrong people. How do you realize they’re not the right people? Well that’s why one should keep trying – you just have to build that intuition.