Gen Z is breaking up with conventional dating. Hinge, Bumble and Tinder have all seen their numbers of UK users reduce – while the sex-positive (and mostly non-monogamous) app Feeld has seen its users grow 30 per cent, year-on-year, since 2022.

Behind the data, the concept of “heterofatalism” is increasingly widespread among my peers – I’ve even had friends opt out entirely and go “boy sober”. I know I’ve hovered over the button to redownload Hinge after a recent breakup, but have been stopped by past memories of terrible dates with people who don’t ask you any questions about yourself or who don’t know what they’re actually looking for.

I’ve read countless columns – and discussed extensively with friends over glasses of wine – as to why this is. Some blame apps that turn dating into

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