How couples met (1930-2024)

Ok, which 2 people had the internet in 1981? 🤔

I’m pretty surprised college is below neighbors

Now I want to see it again, but where it shows the marriages that don't end in divorce for each category.

In 2004, Paul Walker secretly bought an $9,000 engagement ring for an Iraq veteran. Overhearing the couple in a jewelry store discussing their inability to afford it, Walker quietly paid for the ring and left.

Another chart for people to see it all at once

They're gonna make a great couple

The decline of meeting in church has really hurt our society

Now even the shyest person can find a match via internet and I love it😍

We went from 90% important social structures in order to meet a mate to 60%+ online, anonymous, superficial etc. People wonder what went wrong, but when your primary method for meeting a mate is whether they swipe right on a mostly performative picture vs family, neighbours, church which are all deeply interconnected communities then what went wrong is obvious and what to do next is equally obvious.

not happy. not sad. not rich. not broke. not taken. not loved. just living