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Axios Finish Line: The Death Of The Dinner Date

  
By:  Vic Eldred  •  2 years ago  •  3 comments


Axios Finish Line: The Death Of The Dinner Date
It's all about keeping it casual.

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The custom of emptying wallets for a lavish dinner on a first date may be on its way out.

The big picture: The collision of a number of trends — including skyrocketing prices, the pandemic's popularization of outdoor hangouts, and the rise of online dating — is starting to kill the traditional dinner date.

  • Today's young people prefer long walks in the park, picnics or sampling street food — especially if it's a first date with a person you've only just met on a dating app.
  • That can be a lot easier on the bank account as the price of meals at restaurants and drinks at bars has spiked 17% and 12%, respectively, per the most recent Consumer Price Index.

Case in point: Natania Malin Gazek, a 35-year-old in Brooklyn, New York, told the Wall Street Journal she goes on walks around Prospect Park for first dates.

  • "If it's not a match, neither of us need to feel resentful that we invested our time or our money and can instead feel glad that we got to take a walk in nature," she said.

This attitude is reflected in people's profiles on the dating app Tinder, too.

  • Mentions of picnics, drive-ins, mini-golf, street food and camping are all up in Tinder bios, according to the app.
  • And 25% of surveyed singles on Tinder said they're drinking less on dates this year than last year.

The bottom line: The grand gestures we saw in romantic comedies 20 years ago might be going out of style, dating coach Julie Spira told the Journal.

  • The new first date is all about keeping it casual.

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1  author  Vic Eldred    2 years ago


It seems that all the little niceties are gone.

 
 
 
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