The Future of Dating is Hybrid by Erica Pandey
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Social distancing popularized video dates — and they’ll outlast the pandemic.
The big picture: Dating is expensive, and many people are deciding they’d rather meet virtually first in case it doesn’t work out.
By the numbers: The average American spends a total of about $700 annually on dates, according to a 2019 LendingTree study.
“But the pandemic was a jolt to our systems,” says Logan Ury, a behavioral scientist and the director of relationship science at Hinge.
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