Meddling parents hire dating coaches for their grown children

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5 min read . Updated: 25 Dec 2022, 06:32 PM IST Rachel Wolfe, The Wall Street Journal

Dating coaches say pandemic lockdowns and their long aftermath have raised parent worries that their grown children will stay single forever (Coaches) — Dating coaches say pandemic lockdowns and their long aftermath have raised parent worries that their grown children will stay single forever (Coaches)

When a 33-year-old woman learned of her father’s plans to hire a matchmaker to help find her a partner, she asked Dad, ‘What, are you crazy?’

Parents who give their grown children a gym membership at Christmas risk a recriminatory, What are you saying, Mom? So does surprising them with offers to pay for dating coaches and matchmakers.