Modern Romance Summary
As a member of the first generation to be born into todays “tech savvy” society, I found Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari to be a very enlighten look at dating and social interactions in the technological age. He covers a variety of topics, from how dating has changed in the past 100 years to how it differs in Europe, Asia and Latin America, and how online dating sites like OkCupid and Tinder have changed the how we meet people in todays society. He goes on to discuss how not only how we meet people has changed, but the ways we interact with them after the initial encounter have changed through the prevalence of texting, Facebook, and other messaging-type apps. Ansari thoroughly discuss all the issues in his book from a fairly unbiased place,
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There he is shocked to discover how much proximity affected matchmaking; many people dated and married people who lived on the same block or in the same building as them at the time. 14 out of the 36 senior citizens Ansari talked to married someone within walking distance of their childhood home. He also found out that 76% of women at this time did not marry for love. He discussed this finding with the senior citizens and they how this was partially because that’s what was done, partially because it was the first step into adulthood at the time and in some cases the only step women had to get into adulthood. He goes on to write how people who grew up in this era missed out on what todays growing adults have, Emerging Adulthood.
This new stage has been growing for the past 50 years, Emerging Adulthood is a time for young adults to travel, educate, meet and date knew people and discover oneself before settling down into a marriage. This new staged has pushed back the average age of marriage from around 23 for men and 21 for women to about 30 for men and 28 for women. Emerging Adulthood has lead to the rise in the “Soul Mate Marriage”, rather than the older model the “Compassionate Marriage”. The soul mate marriage is based on love and passion, and not proximity and hope of love later down the
There he is shocked to discover how much proximity affected matchmaking; many people dated and married people who lived on the same block or in the same building as them at the time. 14 out of the 36 senior citizens Ansari talked to married someone within walking distance of their childhood home. He also found out that 76% of women at this time did not marry for love. He discussed this finding with the senior citizens and they how this was partially because that’s what was done, partially because it was the first step into adulthood at the time and in some cases the only step women had to get into adulthood. He goes on to write how people who grew up in this era missed out on what todays growing adults have, Emerging Adulthood.
This new stage has been growing for the past 50 years, Emerging Adulthood is a time for young adults to travel, educate, meet and date knew people and discover oneself before settling down into a marriage. This new staged has pushed back the average age of marriage from around 23 for men and 21 for women to about 30 for men and 28 for women. Emerging Adulthood has lead to the rise in the “Soul Mate Marriage”, rather than the older model the “Compassionate Marriage”. The soul mate marriage is based on love and passion, and not proximity and hope of love later down the