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Questions we answer

30%
of U.S. adults have ever used a dating site or app.
Pew Research Center, 2023. 6,034 U.S. adults, July 2022.
Half
of single U.S. adults are not looking for a relationship or dates right now.
Pew Research Center, 2020. U.S. adults, 2019 survey.
78%
of recent dating app users have felt burned out by the apps at least sometimes.
Forbes Health and OnePoll, reported by Deseret News, 2024. 1,000 U.S. adults who used a dating app in the past year.
39%
of U.S. singles have used AI somewhere in their dating lives, most often for messages and profiles.
Kinsey Institute and Match, Singles in America, 2026. About 5,000 U.S. singles.

Dating againThe Gottman Institute
Dating After a Breakup (opens gottman.com)
Advice on not rushing, meeting in person sooner, and keeping your ex out of early dates.
Brutal endingGreater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
Self-Compassion Eases the Pain of a Divorce (opens greatergood.berkeley.edu)
Research showing that people who treat themselves kindly after divorce recover with less distress.
Loneliness afterCleveland Clinic
Understanding the 5 Stages of Grief After a Breakup (opens health.clevelandclinic.org)
Frames the loneliness after a split as part of grief and explains why avoiding it keeps you stuck.

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