Generation Z heats up the relationship between ages in “White Lotus”

The fleet from May to December was all the rage.

According to reported dating trends and a string of Tiktok chats, Gen Z’s idea of ​​age being just a number (at least when the atmosphere is right).

“I totally understand why Chelsea chose the Saxon with Rick,” an 18-year-old named Olivia said in an interview with the Independent.

“The Saxons are like this AF-K boy… Rick cares about bigger things, Chelsea believes they are soul mates. The age gap doesn’t matter to her, I totally get it!” she added.

That’s right – Rick is a moody middle-aged man played by 53-year-old Walton Goggins, somehow defeating the hot, young himbo played by 31-year-old Patrick Schwarzenegger of Generation Z.

Kate, 18, interjected, telling the media that she would choose “all the way!”

“The Saxons are so basic… Rick may be moody and a little murderous, but I bet he doesn’t listen to Joe Rogan – if he [Rick] She is a real person. ” she continued.

For a generation known for canceling anything out of reach, the decades between their sudden love for romantic pairing and birthdays seem surprising.

But, young hopeful people say, but this is a romantic reason.

According to 19-year-old Liza, who dated someone in his twenties and sat down with the exit: “I would go on a weird date with someone of my age, and when he started saying Andrew Tate came up with good sides, my age tends to get into straight-up arguments.”

Her boyfriend? “Super chill, feminist – and strangely, most of his companions are weird too. He missed all the animals and it showed.”

As Gen Z women are said to be more progressive and outspoken, while Gen Z men are increasingly opting for conservatism, many young women say they are struggling to find like-minded partners – instead, find better matches on the ladder of generations.

There are numbers to support claims – only 56% of teenage lovers in Gen Z report have romantic relationships, while 78% of baby boomers. That’s more than just a drop; it’s a plunge.

The so-called “Gen-Blend” relationship might be the answer – Bumble says this is booming, with 63% of users reporting that dating outside their age group is totally good.

It’s not just young women seeking older men – movies as popular as your ideas, good luck for you, Leo Grande and Babygirl both show young love interests to young women and flip the traditional script.

In real life, Hollywood doesn’t completely shy away – look at the 21-year-old gap between the royal family’s Dominic West and his wife, Catherine Fitzgerald.

Not that these couplings always age well – looking back, 35 years of Chris Evans/Billie Piper and 47 years of Bill Wyman/Mandy Smith’s romance now triggers a bigger “EW” than jealousy.

Power power has been turned off – even Gen Z knows it.

“The key to sorting ‘ick’ from ‘OK’ always has to be power balance,” Emma Hathorn, a relationship expert at Seeking.com told British GQ.

Hathorn added that social media plays an important role in making unconventional couples play unconventional couples.

“Platforms like Tiktok allow us to access various relationship models that we may not have been exposed to in the social world before,” she told the publication.

“This kind of contact is changing social expectations.”

In other words, Generation Z is learning, love is not just about finding one’s age, but about finding someone in wavelength.

Whether that person remembers Y2K or thinks it’s a new crypto coin no longer matters.

As Hathorn puts it, “Working with older people has the opportunity to learn from their unique experiences and cultural backgrounds. Youth brings new perspectives, while experience provides wisdom.”