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The Singles Scene Column ©

FOUR MONTHS TO 2020~~Time to Change Your Status!

By Kelly Leary, M.S., Founder of Revolution Dating

In four months, we will been sad to observe as a woman, mother, and matchmaker they have very little risk of getting hurt and more options, but
all experience a once in a who is connected to love and positivity. How could a New over the course of time they are actually hurting their self-
lifetime evening and I am Year marked 2020 not bring glorious energy and excitement worth. This is convoluted logic. Single people (half of the
glad we will enjoy it together. to all of us? Let’s think about this now--in advance. You have adult population) are afraid to risk rejection and ask someone
The world has been getting time now. A lot can happen in FOUR months. out in person. What they don’t realize is that they are actually
increasingly disconnected There are multiple reasons for this disconnection within destroying their self-esteem by comparing themselves to
for many people (especially ourselves and as a group in general. I believe, along with ostensibly “perfect” people online. The focus is on looks,
single people stuck in a rut) many Evolutionary Psychologists, that too much time on selfies, and swiping left. There is intense competition to be
while hope and love are long screens is leading to an increased feeling of desperation and intimate too soon (for women) and there are too many options
overdue. The signs have been often hopelessness. People are hiding behind their computers (for men) which trigger short term commitment and even
everywhere--nationally and and smartphones. Look around you. This phenomenon is divorce. It’s like the online wild west--total chaos and VERY
internationally. Even on a everywhere from the ball field to a popular restaurant. Do dangerous emotionally and physically. Ask anyone recently
local level, I was noticing people know how to communicate in person anymore? These divorced at any age--I bet there was an extra-marital online
how caught up and confused people have been behaving days, if you make a phone call, instead of texting, you may affair involved. The odds reveal the phone was involved too.
and it really bothered me. Many have been literally trapped be deemed a nuisance or worse--strange!
in their own world, often behind screens, isolated, and it has People hiding behind social media and dating apps “think” Dating on page 8

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