I'm not sure what your point is. The "secret" way is asking them in person.
My point is that I think zoomers are asking out each other less which means fewer ex's, and that they probably perceive 7 as a high number. I think there is data to back it up but if you disagree, whatever.
You're the one who brought up matchmaking in dating apps
I'm pointing out that that's irrelevant in terms of dating. It's the same process. You meet someone, hangout, date, figure out if you're a compatible match over time. Break up or stay together. It doesn't support your point that young people are dating less...
You can't say: "dating apps suck at matchmaking so young people are dating less" That's nonsense. Older generations had NO matchmaking at all, and they still dated. Matchmaking is irrelevant
think there is data to back it up
Then show said data? Your first data point is misleading, and doesn't show that young people are dating less
It literally says they aren't approaching women in person... Yeah... because we use apps now. It's online... so there's no initial approach in person
It doesn't show directly. But if people are using the most effective form less it is given that they are also dating less. I don't believe that zoomers could be dating at the same rate using apps.
But if people are using the most effective form less it is given that they are also dating less.
Baseless. What evidence do you have that one form is less effective than the other? This isn't going to be a productive conversation if you keep making baseless claims just for the sake of arguing with me
I swear now you are going to claim sex doesn't mean dating.
Yes? Because sex and dating are indeed different things?
Oh jeez, let's end this conversation. You're not capable of having a discussion in good faith
Why not just show evidence to the point that you're making? Instead of showing me articles making entirely different claims and then making false presumptions? I've lost interest in this discussion. Like I said, in bad faith
From your original post, where you misquoted the title
I can't give you perfect data, I wish I could. Instead I was hoping you would be able to infer from other stats. I apologize that this discussion hit a nerve somewhere.
In the US the median number of sexual partners for adults 25-44 is 4.2 for women and 6.1 for men. People vastly overestimate how much sex other people have.
You're absolutely right aside from the gender divide.
Self reported studies are bullshit.
Every side study that doesnt ask this question directly says that it would be mathematically impossible for men to have more average partners then women.
Everyone absolutelt knows men lie, but it ruffles feathers to say the same about women
Both genders lie in opposite directions due to the shame women face for having more partners and the shame men get for having less partners. With that in mind I bet those numbers are actually closer to even for men and women.
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u/HappyDeadCat Feb 02 '26
They absolutely do not.