Dating apps are being used by a growing number of users to find platonic relationshipsRecently men and women logging into dating apps have received a proposition they would once have found dispiriting, if not insulting. Their potential match would like to know, from the outset, if they can just be friends. A growing number of men and an even larger proportion of women are using dating apps to find platonic relationships, according to a survey in the United States. SponsoredThe development was mirrored in Britain where the dating site Bumble reported that a friendship section it had added to its dating app had grown rapidly this year as the country emerges from the pandemic. The average time spent on the friendship part of the app, Bumble BFF, had grown by 44 per cent for women and by 83

Source: The Times July 13, 2021 22:52 UTC