Today is Saturday, February 12th. Valentine's Day is just around the corner.

So today, we're talking all about love relationships and dating trends for 2022,

from what the data shows to what our dating expert thinks.

Joining us once again with all this love info is Celebrity Dating Coach,

Demona Hoffman. She's been helping singles find love for more than 15 years.

Host The Dates and Mates podcast is a regular contributor for the Drew Barrymore show LA Times

and More and is OKCupid's official dating expert. Demona shares what people are looking

for in this new year, explains data's biggest deal breaker,

and even has some tips for both singles and couples this Valentine's Day.

Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday,

when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in

the news. Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes,

where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes. I'm Air Commandy, it's now time for today's

Special Edition Saturday.

Demona, thank you so much for coming back on The Newsworthy.

Thanks for having me. So how do you think two years now of the pandemic

has most influenced how people are approaching dating in 2022?

After all the experiences that we've been through over the last two years,

I'm seeing that there's a big shift towards people wanting relationships.

Hookup culture is dead. It's totally dead, people are over it, and people are really craving

connection. So we are seeing a big spike in new users on the apps and people that are coming in

with the relationship focus, not just looking to hang out and hook up. And I know we've talked

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