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An open letter from a Gen-X divorcée to Zoomers frustrated by modern dating: Yes, it sucks, but we have bigger fish to fry than a validation-seeking furniture designer with poor boundaries.

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Deborah Copaken
Jan 22, 2022
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Dear Zoomers,

I’m not here to scold you. I am both the mother of a 20-something woman, and I have been a 20-something woman. I get it. In fact, hard as it might be to imagine, every single one of my 50-something female friends was, at some point, a hopeful 20-something looking for love in a less-than-ideal dating pool, only without any of the advantages …

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