Be nice online and watch out for wokefishing: a Gen Z guide to dating as a teen
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For your average adult, dating is challenging, embarrassing, and confusing.
For teenagers, it’s all the more so – with the added layer of toxicity that can come from happening mostly online.
The last decade has made online dating the norm, but in the pandemic, this intensified.
For many members of Gen Z, cooped up inside for the best part of their youth, meeting took place through sliding in the DMs, flirting through liked posts, and chats held via voice note.
Owen, an 18-year-old student, met his girlfriend of six months thanks to a DM slide.
‘We had a lot of mutual friends on Instagram, and I long thought she looked pretty,’ he tells Metro.co.uk. ‘I messaged her, and we started talking for a bit.
‘After a few weeks of messaging each other – we met up at a party, and after that, we became an item.’
Owen added: ‘I am not going to lie; I would have never got a girlfriend if I didn’t slide into her DMs. I would have been too scared to ask her in person.’
Psychotherapist Jack Worthy be...
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