2 weeks ago
70
The Government wants to encourage couples to have (more) babies, but nobody’s really talking about the starting point: finding someone we like enough to have children with.
A recent Straits Times survey of 1,000 unmarried people explained the dating scene plainly: It’s bleak, it’s hard to meet new people, dating can be expensive and there are unrealistic expectations of love and relationships.
Throw into the mix talk of red flags and icks, and we can’t help but ask: “Is modern dating in Singapore ruined?”
In this episode, I chat with:
Liu Zhiqun, co-founder of Kopi Date, a dating platform that curates one-on-one coffee dates, and
Dr Kenneth Tan, an assistant professor of psychology at Singapore Management University, who studies relationships from end-to-end - that is from singlehood to why relationships end.
Read Natasha’s articles: https://str.sg/iSXm
Follow The Usual Place podcast on IG: https://str.sg/8KNT
Follow Natasha on LinkedIn: https://str.sg/v6DN
Filmed by: Studio+65
English (US)