Comments on: Dating Generation Y Style

By: Vacation Guy

Vacation Guy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:13:54 +0000

Thanks for the intriguing read! Alright playtime is over and back to school work.

By: vivlai

vivlai — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:14:23 +0000

I think sometimes the entitled boys figure it out and adjust, but not until later. The average age of marriage has steadily risen in industrialized nations. Also, there's the trend away from marriage. I fully understand the possibility that I might never be married but that doesn't mean I won't be happy.

By: vivlai

vivlai — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:33:45 +0000

thanks paula. i kinda crush on your writing too AND movie making skills. i even moved into your neighborhood!

By: N

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:47:40 +0000

This makes so much sense. I never thought to carry that model over to dating. I’m officially Gen X, but some older Gen Yers are within my dating range, so I get the best of both worlds. Ha. Though, I have to admit, I’m guilty of Gen X slackerdom in dating, too.

This reminds me of something in the Dr. Drew story in the NY Times magazine a week or two ago. He said that he started doing Loveline because the sex advice of Dr. Ruth (shed your inhibitions! have fun!) just didn’t apply to the younger generations. I wonder how the whole “He’s Just Not That Into You” stuff applies to Gen Y, especially. Do the entitled boys ever figure it out and start adjusting their expectations to reality? Will there just be a lot more single people in the US? Or will divorce rates skyrocket because so many people have such high expectations, they think they’re “settling” even when they find someone great?

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:59:17 +0000

Love your writing.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:46:38 +0000

I feel for you. As an X-er both by birth date and mental attitude, I kinda don’t get the Y entitlement thing. I thought we were slackers, and largely we were, but wow, the Y’s can waste a lot of time.

As for the Y girls, yeah, there is a lot of that too. I don’t get the super slut and gamer boi combination. I saw another such couple this weekend, and my cognitive dissonance was intense. I guess when your choices are slim, you learn to like what you get.

Now that I think about it, I should probably bump the low end of my online dating match’s age range up by another couple of years…