The Death of Romance

Radio Atlantic by The Atlantic

Aug 6, 202629:59News & Politics

We’ve entered the era of the great romance slump. Fewer people are moving in together and getting married, and a shrinking number of young adults say they have experience in a committed relationship—all this despite peop...

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