Sadly, I don't believe it is really about the "Next Best Thing" as much as it is about a reluctance for struggle. Real relationships take work and the newness i

Sadly, I don't believe it is really about the "Next Best Thing" as much as it is about a reluctance for struggle. Real relationships take work and the newness in dating doesn't allow some of our uglier, vulnerable traits to surface. We opt for convenience over depth because investment in another person requires acknowledging the risk of a temporal imbalance in the relationship that most people today are extremely uncomfortable with -- to a point, where I believe some choose polyamorous relationships over monogamous ones because there is a perception of de-risking loss. Hopefully, Tinder will be a fad because even the most beautiful will age and by then maybe aspire for something more meaningful as the tedium of "dating" wears.