I am newly single. I was out of the dating game for just over a year but it feels like a lifetime. I’ve taken my time putting myself back out there. I knew I was in a space where I had completely disconnected with my past relationship. So yesterday, I finally told myself it was time to try and go on a date - just to break the seal and really cement it into my brain that I am single again. 

How do we most easily get dates nowadays? I downloaded Hinge. I have had it for less than a day and I’ve already deleted it.

Dating is difficult enough without having cultural differences to navigate. Then, once you and your partner have come out the other side of these differences, families become involved and you’re forced to start all over again. It’s hard enough for two families to come together without coming from completely different worlds. 

Relationships are hard.

How do you know when it’s time to let go? When to try again? Especially when you’re young and growing, changing, figuring things out constantly.

Regardless, getting back with an ex often incites a lot of judgement and can cause the people involved to isolate themselves. Sometimes though, both being apart and being together feels wrong.

Dating in today's age is incredibly difficult. There is a glutton of choice brought in with various dating apps, the sexual revolution making people less likely to commit, the google psychologists making problems bigger than they need to be and influencers promoting potentially relationship values e.g. perpetuating hypocrisy or exaggerating the need for specific aspects of gender roles whilst ignoring the nuance of personality and circumstance.