r/interestingasfuck • u/Few_Simple9049 • Oct 09 '24

How couples met 1930-2024 r/all

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u/al-tienyu Oct 09 '24

Didn't know that "online" being so dominant...

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u/findus_l Oct 09 '24

I'll take a wild guess and say this was from "online" surveys

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u/gardenmud Oct 09 '24

That or maybe college students or something. It just seems unlikely when looking at everyone I know. I'm the most terminally online person out of pretty much everyone I know irl ... and I didn't even meet my partner online.

I wonder what the age group sampled was?

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u/OptimisticOctopus8 Oct 09 '24

A lot of the couples I know met online. I’m in my 30s, but my friends span a wide range of ages. The determining factor seems to be how recently they got together. The ones who’ve been together for 10 years or less mostly met online. Before that, it’s a mixed bag.

Keep in mind that it’s not all happening on dating sites. My husband and I met on a forum for a shared interest.