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Kaja Aulik: Many people I know are married thanks to dating apps
Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Kaja Aulik said dating apps have helped many people she knows get married.
- She discussed the difficulty of meeting partners in person as online communication dominates and dating apps still carry embarrassment or an image of desperation among many younger users.
Many of Kaja Aulik’s acquaintances are married because of dating apps, she said during an appearance on Kuku morning radio.
Aulik, a creative strategist at Bolt who is known as “Auklik” on Instagram, spoke about a dating world that has become something of a minefield in real life.
Her comments came as birth rates remain low, singlehood appears increasingly popular and finding a partner seems more difficult. Dating apps are often associated with embarrassment or desperation, particularly among younger people, even as strangers increasingly stop making eye contact in cafés and opportunities to meet seem scarce.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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