Dating is hard

This article is part of the Lily Lines newsletter. You can sign up here to get it delivered twice a week to your inbox. Over a candlelit dinner, he revealed that he was preparing to divorce, and very sad that someone had stolen a backpack his wife gave him. On date two, he dropped a pop quiz: How many dates would it take me to sleep with him?

Sharing personal information brings people closer together. Verified by Psychology Today. Valley Girl With a Brain. Schwartz is a renowned behavioral psychologist and author of The Paradox of Choice , a life-changing book that examines how and why having too much choice makes us miserable. To illustrate, Schwartz describes a trip to Gap. Instead of purchasing the first item that fits well enough, you end up trying more and more styles, never stopping until you discover that best, most magical pair in the store. Therein lies the paradox of choice: when variety appears to be a good thing but actually makes life more challenging.

Everyone I seem to talk to has the same feeling: Dating has become so hard. It seems like nobody wants to commit anymore, and it seems to be a challenge every single step of the way. You can blame the dating apps. You can blame Tinder, and Bumble, and Hinge, and all the choices that people have.

Sharing personal information brings people closer together. Verified by Psychology Today. Skinny Revisited. Dating and uncertainty go hand in hand.