It doesn't even take them preferring to be single. The basic problem is the dating apps have made the pool so large that they can keep trying to get the top 10

It doesn't even take them preferring to be single. The basic problem is the dating apps have made the pool so large that they can keep trying to get the top 10% and the well never runs dry. Thus they don't settle for what they can actually get. Thus you get a lot of men with no dates and a lot of women who get dates with men they aren't good enough to actually hook. In reality both sides lose.