At a time when “show off“has become more important than everything else, marriage requests often turn into XXL demonstrations. Balloon, gourmet restaurant, sound & light show … emotion gives way to the grand, more effective to harvest” likes “on Instagram. However, it would seem that Gen Z, full of surprises, would prefer to favor a format … more intimate. Focus on this phenomenon.
The “quiet proposal”: a more intimate … and authentic request
No more theatrical statements filmed from every angle: the trend of “quiet proposal” favors simplicity and intimacy, by transforming demand in a discreet moment, thought only for the two people concerned.
No spectators, no millimeter staging, just the sincerity of a shared moment, far from the gaze of social networks. Besides, no offense to purists, there is often no knee on the ground … or ring.
The idea of the Gen Z behind this “simplistic” request? Enjoy social conventions above all, while returning to the essentials. The demand therefore takes the form of an intimate conversation rather, in the hollow of the pillow – “What if we got married?“.
For these young lovers, it is ultimately here to embody this promise, to preserve this nascent happiness – rather than to share it with thousands of strangers.
Far from being frivolous, the Z generation restores the coat of arms of the wedding
Beyond demand, generation Z also gives the wedding a central place. The Pandemic of COVID-19 and the isolation which it generated seems to have strengthened this need for anchoring and long-term relationships.
“Marriage has resumed speed when it was thought that it was hitting. The previous generations had moved away from it, in favor of autonomy, freedom, new models of torque perhaps less institutional. And now generation Z seems to want to rehabilitate it”, recognizes Amélie Boukhobza, clinical psychologist.
According to the expert, marriage is here a form of response to the uncertain tomorrow: “Each generation reacts to the previous one. When we grew up in a world of free unions, separations and Recomposed familiesmarriage can appear again as a benchmark. A way of saying: ‘We want a clear setting’“.
But it is not a question of repeating the patterns of past generations: “It is not the same marriage as that of grandparents. Less religious, less restrictive, and above all more chosen. It is an affirmation ofcommitmentnot a social obligation“.
Generation Z, far from being predictable, would therefore still dream of romanticism and pure love. And that makes a lot of good!