For those people who don't exactly know what that term means, millennials are the generation of birth years that range from the 1980s to 2000s. Growing up with the latest technology at our fingertips, where whatever information we want we can get in an instant, has made us an impatient group.
If we want something, and it's not instantaneous, we give up.
Unfortunately, that has transferred to our dating life.
Over are the days of our parents where everyone had a great "how we met" story; today is the day where we make those up so we do not have to admit that we met our significant other on Tinder or another lame dating app.
Millennials are also known as the hookup generation. I'm not sure why because I know people were not the calmest during the sexy '70s, but with the easy accessibility to communicate through a more efficient and fast way, meeting new people becomes effortless and, in turn, makes the high-frequency hookup stats where they are.
I'm not going to lie — I, as a millennial, can attest to the convenient factor of this method of fast connection, but also as a hopeless romantic I see how messed up this generation is.
Romance isn't dead, but it's on a ventilator.
I've noticed that there was two clear categories millennials fall under. The extreme hopeless romantics or the no strings cynics.
This generation is hot and cold. Marry me or screw me, nothing in between.
I've been with both kinds of people and neither did it for me. One guy thought we were official on the very first date and another strung me along for almost a full year telling me that he did not want to date me because it would ruin our friendship but still kept me around to blur the lines and confuse the heck out of me.
Being in the middle of this sucks. I want to date. But when "Netflix and chill" is a prominent new form of "dating," finding someone who is serious, but not too serious, about going on a first date is hard.
It's hard to sit by patiently waiting for Mr. Right when Mr. Right Now can be anyone and can come as quickly as delivery pizza.
We long for the cute, easy love we see on romantic comedies so when we get into a serious relationship and we come across troubling times- we split.
Love isn't instantaneous. We can't ask Siri if he's the one.
You have to stick around, don't be afraid, and don't push too hard — because love is the most important thing we can do and it's worth the wait.
But in the meantime, have fun and do you.