Dee Salmon

It is.

Feelings, timings, it's going to be so individual.

Yeah.

But we heard from you saying, Canberra, at Canberra, said life's too short.

Scream it from the rooftops if you love someone and detach if it affects you if they don't say it back.

It's just words and if you mean it in that moment, then just say it.

I also just think like if you say it and you mean it, then you're doing life right.

You're doing life right.

Yeah.

And I also think, yeah, if they don't handle that I love you with respect...

Hello, hello, Dee Salmon with you and ready to chat all things love, sex, dating and relationships for the Hookup podcast.

And a stat that Pip and I talk a lot on the Hookup, you've probably heard us say quite a bit, is that time that 93% of you told us on our Instagram at Triple J the Hookup that you're having a shitty time using dating apps.

You're over it.

You're hating the apps.

And we know that dating app burnout is a huge part of this.

And research backs this.

A 2024 Forbes survey found that nearly 80% of daters felt emotionally, physically or mentally exhausted by the apps, at least some of the time.

And there's been a lot of articles and reports coming out recently saying that dating apps are kind of on the way out.

They're actually dying.

Bumble and other dating sites have really struggled in the past couple of years.