Why is the "partner" relationship so hot?

Recently, the topic # Partner becomes a new social relationship # was searched in Weibo. Various relationships such as "dinner partner", "travel partner", "concert partner", "game partner", "sports partner" and "photography partner" have come into people's field of vision and are increasingly loved by young people.

What is a "companion"? The network interprets it as "a relationship in which people regularly carry out activities together." Friendship is everywhere in life. After all, anything can be built. "Partners" after 00 refer to things that individuals cannot or do not want to do alone. Find a stranger to do it together, return to their respective lives after the cooperation, and partner again next time because of something.

On social platforms, the post-00 generation described the importance of "partner" as follows: "You can live without love, but you can't live without a partner."

In fact, the relationship between "partners" existed long before the internet was on fire. The highly popular Internet has given more young people a platform to find a partner.

Four years ago, anthropologists put forward the concept of "disappearing neighborhood" in the interview program Thirteen Invitations. Living in an atomized modern city, people are addicted to the virtual world of the network, lacking the enthusiasm and energy to manage intimate relationships, and the relationship with "neighbors" is becoming more and more indifferent and fragile.

However, human nature is a gregarious animal, the sum of all social relations, and the repressed social needs have always been there.

Therefore, "taking care of children" has become a good solution. This realistic connection with strangers is based on the active choice of * * * who have the same needs, and there is a tacit sense of boundary. Young people like "partner" more and more, because it is a simplification and purification of interpersonal relationship, which dilutes the time and emotional costs while meeting social needs.

Some people also say that "companion" is a kind of "fast food friendship" with low nutritional value, which reflects the potential "degradation" of modern people's emotional ability. Although this kind of worry is consistent with the judgment of "modern people pursue immediate satisfaction", it is not entirely true.

The existence of "companion" relationship not only fills the young people's need for companionship at some moments, but also goes hand in hand with intimate relationship, which may be transformed into intimate relationship.

On March 3rd1,the topic # train of thought was opened: blind date # boarded a hot search in Weibo by looking for a "dinner partner", which injected more imagination into the development of this relationship.

In this issue of the bistro, Burning Yuan chatted with several young people who had the experience of "taking a son" about their stories.

Among them, some people made friends thousands of miles away because of a beef offal hot pot; Some people dare not watch the exhibition alone and mistakenly hit the "activity group"; Someone met a "tour guide" in a foreign country and accompanied him around new york; Some people not only don't have to wait in line after spelling a table, but also solve the accommodation problem; Others spent a period of confusion accompanied by books in the library.

Perhaps "Taking Children" is a brave attempt by young people to find "nearby", reach out and explore social relations suitable for this generation, and perceive the beauty of life in another way. Isn't this a kind of social progress?