The date is you
There’s an article that came out last year in the New York Post that’s starting to make the rounds again. It’s about everyone’s favorite generation, the Zoomers, who aren’t only lonely, radical, and sexless, no, they’re also barely spending anything on dates!
It turns out that approximately 51% of Zoomers spend money on dates.
There are two ways you can interpret this. Of all the people who date, only 50% of all couples spend money on their dates, or only half of the people on the date spend money. Which, let’s be honest here, is more believable since, in general, it’s men who pay.
Though the article starts out by describing the Zoomers as, and I quote:
They’re a budgeted bunch of penny-pinching pups.
I find this to be in poor taste, trying to shame an entire generation for saving their money by not frivolously spending it. It made me want to look up the author, Asia Grace, to confirm my suspicion she was a boomer. She isn’t, but boomer is a mindset, not a demographic.
The article continues:
Researchers determined that a staggering 53% of Gen Z gents and 54% of their lady counterparts spend $0 a month on dates. But a slightly less tight-fisted faction of Zoomers, 25% of men and 30% of women, keep their canoodling costs under $100 each month.
You make it sound like that’s a bad thing?
Savvy, stingy — either way you slice it, they’re not breaking the bank for love.
A whopping 66% of Gen Zs claim they simply don’t give in to “pressure” from others to spend beyond their means. Within that faction, 42% say they’re comfortable declining invitations to social (including romantic) opportunities they can’t afford, and 23% admit to bailing on hot plans in order to save a few extra coins.
A shocking 51% of the youngsters surveyed in Bank of America’s poll identified the high cost of living as a barrier to financial success. Thirty-five percent admitted that their total monthly expenses — including groceries, rent, utilities, and dining out — are higher than they’d imagined before becoming financially independent.
So basically, what a great deal of creators and myself have been saying turns out to be true. It’s the economy that’s causing a lot of the issues that the younger generation is facing today.
The funny thing is that when people have less money, they become forced to become more interesting. You can’t buy attraction anymore. You can’t hide behind expensive restaurants, cocktails and fancy experiences.
You have to be someone worth spending time with. And I think that’s a good thing.
Here’s why.
