Been seeing more and more of this lately - guy and girl have a good first date. Guy follows up with girl. They never see each other again and there is no second date.

How much of this is due to the explosion of dating apps in recent years?

Any woman with a Tinder/Bumble/POF/OKCupid account she has a steady stream of suitors knocking at her door. Rest assured, there are hundreds of better looking men with more status messaging her. Many of these guys won't commit, but they'll "hit it and quit it".

Men are as faithful as their options. Women are as choosy as their options. With smartphone dating apps, an attractive woman's options are seemingly infinite.

In the past, a woman would stick with a guy after a good date because she had no other solid prospects lined up. Now she's more likely to stray as she has far more options and direct access to the bigger, better deal.

Online dating is courtship distilled to its essence without the filter of the fear of approach.

A 1000 rejections in the real world would cripple a man. A 1000 rejections in the virtual world mean nothing.

Thousands of men messaging without the fear of approach + women with infinite options is a recipe for dating disaster. Unhappy women who can't get a top man to commit, and unhappy men who can't get a date.

The growing popularity of dating apps has put the average man's dating prospects in serious jeopardy.

This phenomenon is unprecedented in human history.

Thoughts?