Ep. 627: Dating is Dead

Ep. 627: Dating is Dead

From The Best Life Podcast by Danny-J Johnson & Jill Coleman

May 20, 2026 · 1h 0m

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of modern dating and the decline of dating apps while maintaining hope for finding love.

Trying to find love has been a shit show since… well, forever. We’re just getting better and better with age, but the dating scene, and let’s be honest, men in general, seem to be getting worse. Dating apps are dead, singles events make us feel like pigs being sold for slaughter, and meeting someone out in the wild is next to impossible. Even if you meet someone, the chance that they know what they want in a relationship, are emotionally mature, AND you find them attractive is rare, too. All that said, we’re still holding on to hope that the right person is out there. Cynicism feels safe, but we still believe in magic. We’re too old and tired for NYC [2:05] A less than stellar AI event [6:51] No more ice-breaker activities [15:24] Lore-dumping [20:19] Living your “truth” [23:21] Men aren’t suffering enough [25:15] The state of dating apps [30:02] Attempting to stay optimistic [35:10] Safety in cynicism [37:01] Love can’t be understood via algorithm [41:01] Where do you even meet people now? [42:20] Re-building communities [45:36] Marketing ourselves [51:43] Subscribe to The Lighthouse Letters https://dannyjdotcom.substack.com/ Don’t forget to leave us a review and subscribe so…

People in this episode

Hosts: Danny-J Johnson, Jill Coleman

Topics covered

  • dating
  • relationships
  • cynicism
  • dating apps
  • emotional maturity
  • community building

Keywords

  • dating
  • relationships
  • dating apps
  • emotional maturity
  • cynicism
  • community

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Organizations: The Lighthouse Letters, The Best Life Podcast

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