Like a lot of my generation today, I was scrolling through social media when I came across a video. It was a video of a girl in an art gallery taking videos of couples who were on dates viewing the art. The text over the screen said, “Look at all these girls with the mold mid men you have ever seen.” Mid is implying that these guys are ugly.
I don’t understand today’s generation of people who are more worried about how people look rather than the chemistry between them or how much they enjoy each other. It seems like instead of falling in love with someone for who they are, it’s more about how good looking someone is.
According to Pewresearch.org, 51% of teenage males reported being single. Only 31% of females said they were single. Before, I didn’t quite get why the ratios were like this.
As I’ve gotten older I realize why the ratio is like this, and it’s because of social media. It has affected the way we perceive dating. I have even been subjected to this myself. Guys will pop on my “For You” page, and I wondered why I couldn’t look like them. I wanted to look like these guys that girls are dating. It’s all that matters now. Women won’t even give some dudes a chance to even talk to them because they don’t like the way they look.
When all you see are attractive people showing up on your social media, it’s going to make you want to date someone like that. It makes the standard unrealistic, changing from love of personality to how the person looks.
People say that they just want to date someone whom they find attractive, which I understand, but if that’s all that matters to you in a relationship, then you need to get your priorities straight. If you date someone just for the way she looks, you will never truly enjoy and like her for who she is.
I’ve come to the realization that despite what our generation is, I will not date someone just for the way she looks. I’ve learned that my looks don’t matter.
