For the chronically online generation, making connections in real life can be difficult. This reporter challenged himself to ask someone out in person and the results were illuminating.
For Gen Z, dating can feel confusing, intimidating and borderline impossible. For a generation raised on sliding into DMs or swiping on dating apps, starting a conversation in real life can feel nerve-wracking. So how did dating become so complicated?
Ben Tresno-Turner spoke to relationship and intimacy coach Susie Kim and UNSW students about the realities of Gen Z dating. Then he set himself a bold challenge: to ask a complete stranger out on a first date - with the microphones rolling.
"It's undeniable that the lockdowns have had an impact, and I think having, you know, three, four, five years of limited in-real-life connection has slowed down the opportunity for building in-real-life dating connections," Susie Kim.
