Dr Paul Eastwick

And again, there's no risk to these relationships.

These relationships are not at any greater risk than if they've been matched in education or if the man was more educated.

So I do think there is a rise in singles.

And I do think that, you know, there are challenges there.

But I don't think it has to do with the men's education level.

I think that is unlikely to be the explanation.

Online dating?

Yeah.

I think that they're probably not actually meeting many of these guys.

And that could be on the guys.

That could be because some men have retreated from traditional modes of social interaction.

Do you know if they've done that more than women?

That I don't know.

It's plausible.

I mean, you know, it's happening at all ages.

That I can tell you.

I mean, we're often very eager to blame this on, like, Gen Z. We want to, like, blame the kids these days.

That's... But look, I do think...

spending time that, you know, phones, screens, I mean, whatever it is, that's not out there interacting with real people in the world.

Um,