"I was swiping and revamping my profile, not knowing what to say on my prompts and matching with weird people," says 27-year-old Lawren Saunders, now engaged after reaching out to matchmaker Alexis Germany Fox. "On a dating app, it's difficult to figure out how you want to present yourself or how to read other people. It seems very superficial since you're going off someone's best photo or best one-liner." Saunders isn't the only Gen Zer turning to matchmaking for more intentional connections. Germany Fox says she saw a 35 percent increase in Gen Z clients post-2021 compared to pre-2021, pointing to the pandemic as a turning point. Another matchmaking company, Three Day Rule, says it's had nearly 50 clients who are 27 or younger in the past year — around five times its usual annual roster of fewer than 10 clients of the same demographic. "My Gen Z clients say they come to me because dating apps are dead, that the waters are polluted and they're getting ghosted or catfished," Germany Fox says. "Everybody wants to write off Gen Z as being so unserious about everything, but there are a lot of them who are seeking these real, more old-fashioned types of relationships." |
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