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Gen Z Is Buying Love Spells Online, and Almost Half Say They Worked

A survey found 64% of Gen Z respondents had tried spiritual or psychic practices for love. Some were paying for spells online.

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Dating apps take your money and your patience, then sometimes hand you three hours with a guy who says “females” too much. So it’s hard to blame anyone who thinks a candle and an internet love spell can’t do much worse.

According to DatingNews, 64% of Gen Z had tried some kind of spiritual or psychic practice for their love life. Manifestation was the biggest one, at 29%, while a quarter had seen a psychic. Millennials weren’t exactly sitting this out either; in fact, 51% said they’d tried something similar.

Some of them pay strangers to do the magic for them.........

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