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Astonishing Graphic - How couples met 1930 to 2024

Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:39 pm
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:39 pm
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:40 pm to
Sad
Posted by GeauxZone90
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2010
3325 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:41 pm to
Doubt that is true. School should be higher and college should be higher
This post was edited on 2/23/26 at 2:42 pm
Posted by SCLSUMuddogs
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2010
8353 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:49 pm to
I met my wife through a friend...In case we're doing an OT poll
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
80298 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:53 pm to
Coworkers at a bar, not sure how that's classified for the OT poll.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:54 pm to
Respect to the 0.02% who met online in 1981
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
79118 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:54 pm to
Bar for me.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:54 pm to
quote:

School should be higher and college should be higher

Kids in college meet mates online.
Posted by Jimmyboy
Member since May 2025
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:55 pm to
Is this why the divorce rate is so much higher nowadays?
Posted by i am dan
NC
Member since Aug 2011
31135 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:55 pm to
How could they obtain the data for this?



Met my wife at a friend's house for movie night. The movie was Kingpin.

Just celebrated #25 last November.
This post was edited on 2/23/26 at 2:58 pm
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
10304 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:58 pm to
first day of school, senior class on bus.
Posted by jclem11
Chief Nihilist
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:58 pm to
I technically met my gf online but we knew each other from our first job out of school years before reconnecting via the apps.

I would not say we "met" online.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
77339 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 2:59 pm to
Wonder how big the dataset is for 1930 vs 2024. Also the status of the relationship and age of the individuals in the relationships.

I would assume that the average person in 2024 has far more relationships as well as less likely to be in a serious relationship.

A dataset that includes "how did you meet" for couples celebrating a 10 year anniversary would hold a different context than asking incoming freshman how they met their last date.
Posted by Harry Caray
Denial
Member since Aug 2009
20826 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:00 pm to
Does it count as meeting through a friend if my wife's friend was screening Tinder for her?
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
73299 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:06 pm to
quote:

2024by GeauxZone90
Doubt that is true. School should be higher and college should be higher

And in the 1930s you could lump "neighbour", "friend", and "church" all together in most cases.
Posted by diat150
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2005
47467 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:07 pm to
6+ out of 10 online? that seems hard to believe.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
16190 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:10 pm to
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Sad

Elaborate.

Why sad?
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
73798 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:12 pm to
First met at school but reconnected (for real) over Christmas the senior year of her undergraduate year.

Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
32151 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:15 pm to
I'm genuinely surprised that "church" went so low so early. I would have thought it would have stayed in the double digits well into the sixties, if not much later.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
25241 posts
Posted on 2/23/26 at 3:16 pm to
Women started working and the internet was invented. Not sure what is so astonishing
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