New Study On Literally Nobody I Know Says Tinder Relationships Could Last Forever
Even though me and my disastrous Tinder dates weren't surveyed for this study (for obvious reasons), according to science, the people you meet online aren't so bad after all. Actually, they could be your forever match.
Researchers Philipp Hergovich, from the University of Vienna, and Josué Ortega, from the Center for European Economic Research, did a little digging into our chaotic and spotty-at-best dating lives and found that successful longterm marriages often began thanks to dating apps. And now I don't know how to feel because we must be texting different people.
Sorry Mom, We Love Talking To Internet Strangers Because 1/3 Of Marriages Start Online
Meeting "the one" isn't like the pavement-pounding you used to do as a kid looking for your first job—it all starts online now. That's pretty obvious, since why would I want to do something crazy like change out of my pajamas and leave the house to go flirt at a bar? No thank you.
Hergovich and Ortega revealed that our preference for being alone and scrolling through a dating site while watching Netflix is actually helping us get married, since 1/3 of heterosexual marriages these days start online. Homosexual marriages are even higher at 70% starting online. Who knew math could be kinda hot?
Online Marriages Are More Satisfying *Several Winky Faces*
No, I really mean it, they're more emotionally satisfying. Even though having an emotional connection with someone is something I'm going to have to accept will never happen to me, it's nice to hear other people are letting their emo flags fly together.
The study discovered that not only are more marriages formed online than ever before, they're also of better quality. Researchers squashed the myth that they were "shorter" than couples who met in person, saying that they last just as long—if not longer. Being less likely to break up probably comes from greater compatibility, since we so aggressively screen people for similar interests in these apps—it just makes sense that online is more stable.
Slow Clap Because Tinder Relationships Also Tend To Be More Diverse
There's a silver lining here to your singleness and addiction to online dating apps, and it's that you're meeting more diverse people than you normally would. While getting ghosted by that boy still hurts like a knife to the kidney, Tinder is actually a good social tool for bringing people together of different backgrounds.
The researchers found that during the 2000s, interracial marriages accounted for roughly 10% of America's marriages. This figure rose in 2015 to above 17%. You know what happened in 2015? Tinder was created and started bringing diverse people together through the power of love and "hey u up" texts at 3 a.m.
