2023 Dating Trends You Really Need To Know

 

Dating trends that you really need to know and how it would help you in 2023.

it seems this year has taught us some lessons about what we want and how to best articulate our needs and boundaries. Following 2022’s year of rediscovery, the app’s global research suggests that 2023 will be more focused on challenging the status quo and finding more balance in the way we date. 

According to the popular dating app, we should be optimistic about dating in 2023 with 70% of people saying they feel positive about the romance that lies ahead, 

A trend that is even more prevalent in India, with 81% of Indian respondents feeling positive about dating as we head into 2023. 

Open Casting: It’s time to do away with the tall, dark, and handsome requirements as the narrow search for our physical ‘type’ is not serving us. 

The opposite of type-casting, 

open casting refers to how 1 in 3 (38%) people are now more open to who they consider dating beyond their ‘type’ and 1 in 4 (28%) of us are placing less emphasis on dating people that others ‘expect’ them to. 

What are we looking for? The overwhelming majority of people (63%) are now more focused on emotional maturity than physical requirements. 

Guardrailing: With the return of office culture and busy social schedules, majority of people are feeling overwhelmed. 

This has forced us all to prioritise our boundaries and more than half (52%) have established more boundaries over the last year. 

This includes being clearer about our emotional needs and boundaries (63%), being more thoughtful and intentional about how we put ourselves out there (59%), and not over committing socially (53%). 

Love-life Balance: There has been a shift in the way we think about, and value, our work and our partner’s work.

Gone are those days that our job titles and demanding work days are seen as a status symbol with half of people prioritising work-life balance (49%). 

When it comes to their partner, more than half of people care more about their work-life balance than their career status (54%). 

Over the past year, more than half of people (52%) are actively creating more space for breaks and rest and more than 1 in 10 (13%) will no longer date someone who has a very demanding job. 

Wanderlove: Looks like we’re after an eat, date, love moment with 1 in 3 (33%) people on the app saying that they are now more open to travel and forge relationships with people who are not in their current city. Post-pandemic work-from-home flexibility means that 1 in 8 (14%) of us have explored the idea of being a ‘digital nomad’, opening up how we think about who and where we date. In fact, 12% of Indians actually find it easier to date in another country.