Where being vulnerable and being clingy to someone is a sign of weakness.

Where asking someone for a Netflix and chill date is the new thing for romance.

Where people are scared of confrontation and commitment altogether.

How It Feels To Be An Old Soul In The Modern Dating Era

Daria Shevtsova

This is how our generation views love today.

Its a defense mechanism for everyone scared of commitment and intimacy.

Weve got it all wrong.

Falling in love has never been about games and who has more power and control.

Its a generation where we absolutely forgot the real essence of romance.

Romance used to be handwritten letters and roses.

It used to be going the extra mile just to see someone and be with someone.

It used to be a generation without video calls, without Messenger as the main means of communication.

Its a generation made easy with convenience and having communication with one click of a button.

Effort has never been made as easy as it is today.

To be a hopeless romantic in a world of modern hookups takes the greatest courage of all.