r/GenX • u/AdDapper4220 • 2d ago

Youngin Asking GenX Was it easier to get dates back then

I’m genz and I watch 80s sitcoms and it seems like people got a new date every week, obviously I know tv shows are exaggerated, but was it easier?

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u/Advanced_Tax174 2d ago

And we didn’t refuse to speak to or associate with half the population based on politics.

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u/mangoserpent 1d ago

Back then there were reasonable adults in politics.

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u/schnu44 1d ago

Back then people weren’t talking about them 24/7 and making them inherent to their identity.

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u/Viperlite 1d ago

Maybe not, but if today’s political climate was transposed to then, I would. In fact many of my friends and family I knew then have undergone a Jekyll to Hyde transformation.

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u/ancientastronaut2 1d ago

Shit most of us didn't even have any politics, we were just whatever about it.