Our team at work keeps making jokes about dating apps and everyone participates but some people are married, some are single, some are dating, and some are in complicated situations, so the jokes land differently for everyone. The conversations that are supposed to be light end up revealing too much or making people uncomfortable, but we all keep doing it because it feels like bonding.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared cultural references around digital dating become loaded with personal meaning that complicates professional social bonding.
“Where Are You with Dating apps — the examined life?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.