Hi Dustin,

I like what you said here. I also think that the problem is multilayered - from turning what was originally intended as a joke into trend to adhere to, no doubt because it could be turned into profit, to insisting or preaching finding 'true love' to a generations of young people living in a world where most, and soon likely all, human connections are reduced to algorithms and various 'dating apps.' Kids, young people and people in general do what they see been done ... I fear two critical ingredients for any form of deeply human connections - time and patience – are in a frightfully short supply and diminishing daily. Where then those young and not so young people are to turn to for examples of how to develop and nurture the most important of all human connections – the one grown by two people with compassion, care and kindness? I might be old fashioned but between ‘virginity pledge’ and ‘waiting for one true love,’ there is a fractured world of anxious individuals bouncing from one social media platform/dating app to another with much the same results – confusion, fear, anger and resentment. There are of course always those shiny examples of ‘living happily ever after,’ and 'sexual relationship as a result of a deep emotional bond, but those are rare exceptions. Sorry for overly long comment, but one of the few things I feel young people have been unfairly robbed off is precisely that – society that helps them learn the real meaning and importance of human love.