Sorry Boomer, but you’re now replaced as your daughter’s Match Maker. In a Stanford research study (click here to view study) technology is responsible for the decline of Mothers, families and friends arranging introductions and selecting potential romantic partners for their daughters, sons, relatives. There are several factors :larger dating pools of people that families were not connected with, daughters and sons want to keep their private lives private.

According to the study, online dating is the most popular way couples meet today. While couples who met through the Internet were once rare, this number has increased exponentially since the turn of the century, and now finding love online is the most common way that romantic relationships begin in the U.S., accounting for a third of new couples and marriages.

More online dating websites are about creating meaningful, respectful relationships and it’s no surprise that the research data confirms that the overwhelming majority of our users are looking for commitment, not a hookup,” Women and men are truly looking to make empowered and lasting connections leading to monogamous relationships, without meeting through their mothers, family or friends”, says Clare O’Connor, in house Editorial Director for the first woman’s dating app Bumble. It’s one of the most successful apps that is also the women-first social networking app is sharing valuable profile tips to help its community connect with confidence and security.