Modern
Romance breaks down all the new norms around dating and romance that exist today
generally for people 30ish and under. He covers texting, sexting, online
dating, ghosting, and more. He analyzes how we ask people out (email, text,
face-to-face, phone) and who does the asking (man or woman?) The book is a
really quick read at just over 200 pages and it flies by because it is not a
dry read at all. I guess this would make it a very wet read. You could just
drink it up through a straw. It’s a little too goofy at times, but if you know
Aziz Ansari as a standup comedian or as Tom Haverford on Parks and Rec, then
you already knew what you were in for.
Some cool stats:
·
Half of eighteen to twenty-four-year-olds have
received sexts and one third of older teens have sent a sext (though I wonder
what they define as a sext)
·
People who own iPhones are twice as likely to
sext as Android owners
·
The most popular time to sext is Tuesday between
10:00 AM and noon (very weird)
·
In the United States, 20-40% of married
heterosexual men and 25% of married hetero women will have at least one
extramarital affair during their lifetime
I didn’t take a ton of notes as I
read this book because it was shorter and I just flew through it on a sort of “just-for-fun”
read because this history of Canada that I’m reading is getting boring. I found
it interesting that they gathered data in focus groups and people would allow Aziz
to read their texts. The book is filled with specific anecdotes from real
people and their real text messages. It’s very relatable for someone single in
their twenties and is a great book for anybody trying to understand how young people
are pairing off and how it may be different than things were 20-60 years ago.
Also, I have to thank my friend
Jeremy Tache for recommending this book to me. It was very good and I read it
in two days.
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