It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

And when it comes to dating, we always talk about how technology and apps like Tinder and Bumble have completely changed the game.

Yeah, for sure.

Well, has it really?

Because even though it might feel like writing dating bios and swiping through profiles and even catfishing are all new phenomenons,

the truth is none of that is actually new.

What?

No way.

And if you think sweet grandma Enid wasn't ghosting dudes left and right in her heyday,

you don't know granny.

Oh my god.

Are they holding back on these stories or what?

Because a team of researchers recently dove into thousands of dating profiles from over 100 years ago,

and they found there's actually more similarities to modern dating than they ever could have expected.

Really?

Of course, back in Nana's time, they didn't have fancy smartphones to swipe through and meet people.

They were still using flip phones.

And those technology just didn't have the dating apps.

Operator, operator.

No, back in the old days, thirsty singles used to take out dating ads in their local newspaper and just hope that people would respond.

Yeah, do you know what?

Wait, she was asking what a newspaper was.

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