Real&Relate LLC: Week 1

Empower Relationships

?? These past few weeks, I have made many big decisions in my life after learning about business and studying in-depth project management and (PMP). I built a passion for wanting to start a business when growing up. I always dreamed about starting my own business. Not only that, I had a vision of solving problem that we face worldwide. Failed relationships, divorce rates, misogynistic points of view, and negative aspects of social media on relationships and marriages.

?? Its focus is empowering relationships and showing the true value of marriage relationships in 2023 and the future. This is when Real&Relate become thought to work in progress. And it has not been easy at all. This is my journey, and as this is my first business, I want to document the progress as I build a brand for my company.

Real&Relates Objective

?? We are growing in the generation of people and values. But social media has become the wild west, especially regarding marriages and relationships. And statistics show it. Below are the raw statistics of relationship and marriage failures accounting for the past few years.

?? This number is only increasing as a percentage of online influencers are drawing a younger generation of people to be manipulated toward an opposing point of view on marriage and relationships, and social media is beginning to drive people to have options and less commitment and forget the true value of why we get into a relationship or marriage.

?? Though, 85 percent also reported that they don't feel marriage is needed to “have a fulfilling and committed relationship.” Over one in six said they do not plan on getting married, with 17 percent of millennials and 7 percent of Gen Z feeling this way, according to the poll.27% say social media makes them feel jealous or unsure about their relationship, with 7% feeling this way “a lot.”

??Of all those single people—people not currently married or in a serious romantic relationship—exactly half, 50 percent, said that they were not looking for a romantic relationship or even a date. Only 14 percent said they wanted a committed romantic relationship and not just something casual.

?? Among the younger groups, fewer people express no interest at all in relationships or dating, but the percentages are still substantial—39 percent for the 30- to 49-year-olds and 37 percent for the 18- to 29-year-olds.

American Psychological Association (APA) estimates that the probability of a first marriage ending in divorce within the first 10 years is approximately 33% in 2023.

More than 85% of dating leads to breakups.

One-fifth of relationships fall apart within the first 12 months of having a baby.

About 50% of couples break up after going on their first vacation together.

Their partners social media usage makes 23% of the US adults jealous.

75% of people say the reason for their failed relationships was a lack of commitment

65% of marriages fail because of communication issues

On average, relationships last only 2 years and 9 months

Between 42% and 45% of first marriages result in divorce

46.67% of women and 45.07% of men prefer traditional dating to hooking up.

69% of Americans would only start a “no strings attached” relationship with someone they had chemistry with.

• ?? I want to solve these statistics or make some impact on these statistics. I want people to realize the beauty and work involved with being committed to someone. There is a reason people get married and commit to a relationship. It's indeed an investment, and finding the right person should not have to end tragically. Hookup culture should not have to be an increasing statistic anymore. We need to see again the beauty of relationships and marriages; everyone should see beauty in wanting to commit time to be with someone, even if they are not ready to be in a relationship. We should want to have family and stay with our significant others when they have our children. Most importantly we should be entering relationships when we are ready to commit.

• Yes, there are a lot of logistical factors involved with being with someone, whether it be emotional, work, finances, or time management. But the moment you commit to someone, you should constantly want to improve communication, time management, respect, and honesty.

• You should be ready to put in work. But the environmental factors involved with couples have changed we have social media, influencers, commitment issues, communication issues, respect issues, honesty issues, and the list continues.
• We need to make a change, and like with anything, I want to show the world and enlighten people on key issues to improve on marriages and relationships. We need to highlight these issues and empower couples, relationships, and marriages again, whether that be by mobile application or product. I want to see change, especially as younger generations get older.

The Journey: Week 1

?? This has been much work, just learning how to start an LLC and learning about trademarks and copyright protection. I found myself researching so many topics I had no idea about, and honestly, I am still researching how to build this brand for this company. Still, I was able to pick up on registering on trademark and copyright quickly. It's just a process, like anything.

?? I want to focus on building content and helping people see the important factors of building relationships and maintaining marriages. I am working on building a Facebook page for anyone who wants to support the mission of Real&Relate. We do not have any products or social media presence yet, but this will change eventually. My co-founder and I want to focus on delivering valuable content to our supporters. We will be looking into setting up a Facebook page for the business and developing content daily for our audience, but at the moment, we have not stood up the facebook page. Again, this week, this will change!

?? I am currently developing the software for our potential mobile application, which will highlight solving all of these issues present with marriages and relationships. This mobile application MVP will be hosted on IOS devices first and next move to Android. But building this MVP is not going to be easy. I have been offered by software development teams and UI/UX designers a price range $15,000 - $20,000 to build the entire application, as there will be a lot of APIs, Data Management, and complex features, which will require alot of engineering and attention.

?? I dont think the team that offered me this price didn't understand how serious I am about my business and how, for four years, I've studied IOS development. I love programming and software development, and this is my vision. I want to struggle to build this application, I want to confront challenges, and mostly, I want to be the one to build and release this product to people who support my vision. If this project takes more than six months to engineer the application, then so be it. But I will not quite be on my vision. But at the moment, as I develop the software, I want to be able to deliver the best content to my supporters and make a small impact on the world ??

Conclusion

Week 1 has been a process and learning activity for my co-founder and me. This week, I'll post another update on the business activity status. We should have the Facebook page set up and begin working on branding our online presence. Please let me know if you have any advice or would like to know more about our business! I am new to the business, and like any entrepreneur, this is a learning process. I want to change the world, and I have the vision. If you want to be a part of this vision, please subscribe to my newsletter to see the next steps we take in building the presence of Real&Relate "R&R."

I want to change the world and solve problems one step at a time.

References

Reference One: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/202008/half-all-single-people-just-don-t-want-relationship

Reference Two : https://www.thefirmformen.com/articles/how-marriage-divorce-have-changed-since-the-1950s/#:~:text=The%201950%20divorce%20rate%20(the,2021%20divorce%20rate%20was%202.9

Reference Three: https://www.grazianolaw.com/blog/divorce-statistics/#:~:text=The%20American%20Psychological%20Association%20(APA,is%20approximately%2033%25%20in%202023.

Reference Four: https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/4107946-2-in-5-young-adults-surveyed-say-marriage-an-outdated-tradition/#:~:text=Though%2C%2085%20percent%20also%20reported,way%2C%20according%20to%20the%20poll.

Reference Five : https://sexualalpha.com/hookup-culture-statistics/