{"id":2624,"date":"2026-06-13T16:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2026-06-13T16:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:05:33","slug":"gen-zers-are-more-risk-averse-experts-say-its-ruining-their-dating-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2624","title":{"rendered":"Gen Zers are more risk-averse. Experts say it\u2019s ruining their dating lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Gen Z&#8217;s fear of rejection and public embarrassment on social media is making them risk-averse in pursuing romantic relationships, experts say.<\/li>\n<li>Only about 1 in 3 young men and 1 in 5 young women feel confident approaching a romantic interest, according to a recent study.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers say this generation&#8217;s tendency to protect themselves emotionally is closing them off from meaningful connection, which could help address loneliness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            When Jayden started catching feelings for one of her friends, she immediately jumped to the worst-case scenario.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2618\">Angst at the Supreme Court before a rush of decisions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIf this doesn\u2019t work out, you know what a breakup feels like, and you know what being made to feel like a fool feels like, and I really don\u2019t want to endure that again,\u201d said Jayden, a 25-year-oldliving in St. Petersburg, Florida, who gave her first name to protect her privacy.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But after he kept pursuing her, she realized how secure she actually felt in what is now a relationship. It was just her fear of what might go wrong that was holding her back.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cPeople for millions of years have been facing that exact fear,\u201d said Paul Eastwick, professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, and director of the attraction and relationships research laboratory. \u201cWhat if I\u2019m rejected? What if I disclose something intense and personal and it\u2019s thrown back in my face?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Today, young people are facing professional and financial pressures, high rates of loneliness and depression, and now fears of a relationship derailing their lives.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In the United States, only about1 in 3 young men and 1 in 5 young women between the ages of 22 and 35 said they were confident in their ability to approach a romantic interest,  from Brigham Young University\u2019s Wheatley Institute in Provo, Utah, and the nonprofit Institute for Family Studies.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The popularity of social media \u2014 where everyone posts their personal business online \u2014 has turned rejection into a public spectacle, beyond your friend group, school, community or neighborhood.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            However, dating and intimacy require taking some risks. That\u2019s scary and always has been. But the more Gen Z cocoons to \u201cprotect\u201d themselves from outside factors the more they close themselves off to the possibility of connection \u2014 which is an antidote to the loneliness epidemic.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe learn a ton about ourselves when we have romantic relationships, and I think learning to have a good relationship is a really important task,\u201d said Richard Weissbourd, an American child and family psychologist and senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. \u201cWhether it\u2019s romantic or not, just learning how to have very close relationships is one of the best things about being human.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        A risk-averse generation\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Members of Gen Z, who are all digital natives, know that any of their actions could end up on social media \u2014 whether you were sniped on video or someone decided to air out your drama on TikTok. No wonder the younger generation, from age 29 down to teenagers, is scared of doing anything that could be embarrassing \u2014 it\u2019s just too risky.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Gabriel Rubin, a professor of justice studies at Montclair State University in New Jersey, said he was shocked by the lack of privacy students said they had on social media.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"genz_privatelovelife_v2.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2622\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/d07f7c6c0ebbc3c87bec681d920a477e.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>illustration by Leah Abucayan\/CNN<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>\u2018Quiet relationships,\u2019 \u2018soft launches\u2019 and the rest of Gen Z\u2019s new love language<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>8  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cSome of the things they say make me think, \u2018How could you not be overthinking every single thing all the time?\u2019\u201d Rubin said. \u201cWith all the judgment, all the comparison, this flood of information at you \u2014 and you\u2019re just like 20 years old.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Gen Z perceives more dangers in life than previous generations, Rubin found in a study for which he conducted 108 interviews from November 2022 to this past April. His research, yet to be published, was presented in December at the Society for Risk Analysis\u2019 2025 SRA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Risk is not black-and-white; things are not simply safe or dangerous. Weighing risks is part of life, but younger generations are having a harder time grasping that concept.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Risk aversion is a behavioral tendency to avoid taking risks as much as possible in favor of a guaranteed outcome, even if that decision results in a smaller payoff than the riskier option.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            When it comes to dating, Rubin said Gen Zers are steering clear of anything risky that could lead to love.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThey said, \u2018You don\u2019t want to strike out with a girl, or you don\u2019t want to have a bad day because people might trash you on social media or make fun of you,\u2019\u201d Rubin said, recalling the conversation. \u201cWhy get involved?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Damian Bertrand, a 21-year-old reporter in South Carolina, said he is not only worried about embarrassing himself but also accidentally making someone uncomfortable if he were to approach them.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe biggest reason why people are being risk-averse is so they can\u2019t make other people uncomfortable,\u201d Bertrand said. \u201cThe No. 1 thing I don\u2019t want to do in the dating scene is to ruin someone\u2019s day because I asked them to go on a date.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Jayden said she\u2019s had a couple guys interested in her come up to her, not take the hint that she\u2019s not interested, and make her feel uncomfortable. But most of the time, if someone approaches her with confidence and respect, she doesn\u2019t have a problem with it \u2014 in fact, she thinks more men should approach women in public. Why aren\u2019t they?\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Maybe it\u2019s because the anxious generation, as social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at NYU Stern School of Business, calls them, fears doing the wrong thing.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Time to sleep and a sense of purpose were the biggest factors correlated with Gen Z happiness, the report showed.\" class=\"wp-image-2623\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bc4aab9bbe555d8a9bc70e4675e48529.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Time to sleep and a sense of purpose were the biggest factors correlated with Gen Z happiness, the report showed.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>EF Volart\/Moment RF\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Gen Z is less happy than the rest of us. Here is what would make a difference<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>3  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt becomes hard to say anything, to be yourself, to make mistakes, to date, to talk to people in an office,\u201d Rubin said. \u201cYou know too much about how people view you and how you view yourself.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It\u2019s not just about unlimited access to other people\u2019s information but also the overwhelming amount of bad, negative and scary information on social media.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Weissbourd, the Harvard psychologist, found that this generation\u2019s feelings of dystopia could cause them to throw in the towel on relationships.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2616\">Melinda French Gates has \u2018visceral reaction\u2019 recalling \u2018abhorrent\u2019 Epstein in new interview<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            In his conversations with members of Gen Z, Weissbourd found many who felt a relationship would destabilize or derail them, primarily because they don\u2019t feel ready for it.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            However, sometimes taking the risk is the right move, he noted.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            There are some positive aspects to Gen Zers\u2019 approach to risky behaviors, such as lower rates of  and a focus on protecting their peace and work-life balance. But when it reaches a point where young people become too absorbed with their own emotional state, it can lead to some negatives, according to Weissbourd.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe inclination to turn inward, it can diminish your availability to new relationships and good relationships,\u201d Weissbourd said.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Hiding behind a screen\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            When Jayden first moved to St. Petersburg after graduating from college, she said she was stuck in a loop of bad date after bad date, all set up on the apps.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Dating apps allowed men to approach her without taking any risk. Depending on the app, a user only matches when both parties present interest or gets to decide whether they are interested in someone who has already shown interest, easing the tension of a flat-out rejection.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Jayden felt like guys were bolder when hitting on her over the apps but didn\u2019t show that same confidence in public. In person, these guys didn\u2019t measure up to how they acted online, she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            With dating apps, the public act of approaching someone is cut out of the equation.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20260304-wellness-chatbot-texts.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-359\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d4be0ad5ad883aa2b2aa5e4d0884e198.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Illustration by Alberto Mier\/CNN<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Gen Z is outsourcing hard conversations to AI. Why it matters<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>8  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            But with this illusion of ease comes a lack of interaction, which is an essential part of forming relationships, according to Eastwick. With interaction, you can reduce the tendency to judge people primarily on their presentation.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Instead, you start to find people who are appealing to you based on more than physical attraction alone \u2014 quirks and habits included, Eastwick said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe have to interact with people on multiple occasions with the ability to opt out if you don\u2019t blow me away within the first couple of minutes,\u201d Eastwick said.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Yearning for connection\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Even the word \u201crelationship\u201d can mean something a lot more serious to Gen Z than it does to other people, said Harry Reis, professor of psychology at the University of Rochester in New York.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cPeople will essentially do what used to be called a relationship or a date and just not call it that,\u201d Reis said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            A situationship, a term tossed around a lot when talking about Gen Z dating and what Reis is referring to, has all the characteristics of a relationship but lacks the stamp of commitment that causes some people so much anxiety.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Experts and Gen Z alike say that the younger generation still yearns for connection. Facilitating and fostering connections with one another has value.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a variety of tools used to reduce smartphone screen time, including The Brick, Nokia 2780 flip phone and Mindsight Lockbox\" class=\"wp-image-635\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c47df2e7d246f7290982e2c063b9e87d.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Maxwell Shukuya\/CNN Underscored<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Want to scroll less? These 12 essentials helped me halve my screen time in 30 days (Courtesy CNN Underscored)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cMost people want intimacy, the sexual intimacy, the warmth and sense of belonging that you have when you\u2019re socializing with other people,\u201d Reis said. \u201cWe socialize because that\u2019s part of what our species is designed to do. The desire to socialize, I don\u2019t think it is any weaker than it ever was.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Parents and grandparents, and even schools, do \u201calmost nothing\u201d to prepare the younger generation for love, Weissbourd said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sex education in the United States is focused on abstinence and what Weissbourd called \u201cdisaster prevention\u201d rather than relationship development. And, because of a lack of strong communities, it\u2019s harder for young people to connect with each other \u2014 off the apps.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The desire to make connections won\u2019t go away. Young people are just finding it harder to make them, whether that\u2019s because of fear, a lack of knowledge or other priorities.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Weissbourd encourages young people to be open to being vulnerable and continue to try forming meaningful connections.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cHow we reform different kinds of communities where young people have natural opportunities to meet each other is a really urgent and vital issue,\u201d Weissbourd said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n    Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN\u2019s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being.\n<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2612\">US heat wave doesn\u2019t have to derail summer fun or fitness. 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