When Gen Zs don’t have spare cash for dates
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A survey shows that many young people feel the financial strain of dating as the expenses pile up.
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Troy Closson
Ask any relationship expert and they will tell you: Young people are in a romance recession. They are dating far less than their parents and grandparents did back in their 20s and early 30s, according to poll after poll, inspiring all kinds of theories and concerns.
But for a generation beginning their adult lives, one simple dilemma is ever more apparent: It is hard to hit the dating scene amid a crushing economy, sluggish job market and escalating costs.
