What do you think relationships and dating will look like for the next generations?

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I was originally thinking about my own children who are 1,3 and 5 and wondering if they’ll ever want to marrry or settle down or if people will still even get married or stay in long term relationships.
How do you think relationships will change and even beyond our own children in 50 years or so do you think commitment and monogamy will change dramatically?

Obviously it’s a matter of personal preference but generally speaking things become more of a norm as they have over the last couple of generations.

I also wonder how AI will impact dating in the future if at all.

Interesting question. The wedding industry still seems to be booming yet everything I hear/read about dating sounds horrendous - but plenty of couples still seem to tie the knot!

I think marriage will change to put more emphasis on it's role as a legal contract and that it will be reviewed / re-signed at intervals or changes eg birth of child.

Ds is 22 and seems to be following a completely conventional path. He and his girlfriend have talked about living together but have agreed it’s not yet the right time - still training post uni, need to be mobile etc. I think at the moment it looks highly likely that they will get married and start a family in the next decade.

I think they are more cautious and sensible than I was about nearly everything and with good reason considering the vast cost of everything including rent, buying a house, studying etc. I don’t think they will end up with three marriages apiece or getting pregnant within 4 weeks of meeting, which may possibly have been my experience.

If Japan is anything to go by there will be no relationships. Hence the falling birth rate.
Japans youth get there ..

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I have teenage kids, I think their generation will not want anything to do with dating apps, seeing how useless they are.

My oldest is gay and has had a few short relationships from people they've met through social activities, but their partners have always seemed to live on the opposite side of London and they hardly seem to see one another through the period of the relationship and just amicably give up on it. I think they might find something more permanent when they go to uni later this year.

I feel for DS a bit - he is lovely and charming, and rather good looking if I say so myself (look, I'm a Jewish mother, ok?! 😉) but has ADHD and is not very mature for his age so I have no idea how he'll navigate those waters.