It depends on many factors,like the person,the country he lives in,etc. and also,what we mean with "dating". Just getting in a relationship (casual or stable) with someone,or the phase of "getting a relationship work"? Because they are different phases and requires different skills.
Lets talk about the first phase:
- If you are a charming guy you can have women everywhere. But you have to hang out very much,always meeting new people,etc. because if you are charming but women dont know you,how can they want you? And i am talking about meeting women in real life,because on dating apps people can look only at your physical beauty,so if you are not handsome (which is different from charming) you have no chance there,while in real life you can use your charme (if you have it) so i guess its not completely easy because it requires some effort,at least in the beginning.
- If you are a woman,especially a woman in mediterrean/latin culture,it doesnt matter how you look,your personality,etc. you are a woman and thats enough. You will have at least 2-3 men (and i am keeping the number very low) trying to get you in every different phase of your life. Just because. It works like that. So in that case is 100% easy mode. You just have to choose the best option possibile for you. No effort at all.
Now lets talk about the second phase of dating,the one where you have to make the relationship work. That is not easy at all in modern society! In the opening post you say "just find a good person and make it work" like its an easy thing! Both men and women nowadays are:
- Not mature
- Not willing to make any,and i say any,compromise
Modern media tells us that we have to find the perfect relationship like in the movies,and if there is some annoying stuff,we are justified in call that relationship "toxic" and immediately call that relationship off. For women is even more easy to do that,because like we said earlier,they have more choices,especially in the social media era,so if they want,they can live in a relationship all their life,passing to a relationship to another in quick time. Singlehood is a choice for women,while it is not for many men. By the way men have their fault too and often dont want to compromise either,so they share their cake of guilt in this situation.
Personal experience to add on this topic of the second phase of dating: I once dated a girl who made me the impression of being exactly the mature type. She studied law,dressed well,she was very romantic and always talking about love,about traditional family etc. so i thought she really was wife material but guess what? One day she literally ghosted me,diseappering without a trace,like the most immature girls would do. I had other bad experiences with girls who seemed mature and romantic like her,and with time i realized: those kind of girls are probably actually the worst! Why so? Because its true they want serious stuff,but,for this reason,they "idealize" how their love life,and how their future family should be,and that brings them to completely call a relationship off if it doesnt meet their "idealized" standards. But they dont understand that life isnt perfect,so a perfect relationship doesnt exist. We should just look at our parents,damnit!
Dont the majority of our parents fight sometimes? Yes,it happens! Dont they sometimes complain about something that is annoying about their partner?? Yes,they do! But,guess what,they believed in that relationship,so they stayed together all this time anyway. They understood that perfect relationships dont exist. Sadly,the next generations will have for majority divorced parents,so most of them wont even have this example to look at. But thats the thing: modern society is designed to destroy families. Call me a conspiracies theorist,but i think this decadence of families and this male loneliness,was created on purpose,to better control the population.
I guess i wrote a too long post so i will stop here! Hahaha. Hope it will be interesting for the people who will read the topic.