Modern dating can feel discouraging. Many men describe feeling invisible on dating apps, uncertain about how to approach someone respectfully, or convinced they must be taller, wealthier, or more attractive before anyone will genuinely want them. The internet offers no shortage of voices reinforcing those fears. Some insist that dating has become a competition where only a small percentage of men...
It’s not that people suddenly prefer machines. It’s that they’re exhausted by being human with each other. Across dating apps, forums, and headlines, a quiet trend is emerging: people forming romantic attachments to AI girlfriends and boyfriends. At first glance, it sounds absurd—or dystopian. But underneath it is something painfully understandable. Dating Humans Is Messy (And That’s the Point)...
