{"id":149708,"date":"2025-11-20T07:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/149708\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:10:10","slug":"just-between-us-its-an-absolute-shtshow-out-there-dating-in-your-20s-30s-and-40s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/149708\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Between Us: \u2018It\u2019s an absolute sh*tshow out there\u2019 &#8211; Dating in your 20s, 30s and 40s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Just Between Us with Jennifer Zamparelli\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/8b227091-b8e0-49bb-bd56-2c365991e7d4.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Just Between Us with Jennifer Zamparelli<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Is modern dating really as chaotic as it seems? This week on Just Between Us, Jennifer Zamparelli brings together three single guests in their 20s, 30s and 40s to explore the realities of modern dating and whether genuine connection is still possible in a world dominated by swipes, situationships and shifting expectations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Helen, 27, offers the perspective of a younger dater who prefers meeting people in real life over relying on apps. Doireann in her 30s, reflects on how giving up alcohol has changed her approach to relationships whilst Rory, in his 40s, brings insight from dating both men and women, the rise of hookup culture on dating apps, and the growing belief that something \u201cbetter\u201d is just one swipe away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Together, they unpack red flags, unrealistic standards, online behaviour, dating fatigue and the shift toward instant gratification. They also share what they\u2019ve learned about love, self-worth and connection after years of mismatches, false starts and the occasional unexpected spark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just Between Us with Jennifer Zamparelli Is modern dating really as chaotic as it seems? This week on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,73695,43],"class_list":["post-149708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-just-between-us-with-jennifer-zamparelli","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}