Past, present, future: An illustrated look at love

Finding love

2000

Meeting through friends

"It was great to meet you
at the party last weekend!"

2015

Online dating

"His profile is so funny!
I hope we get married."

2030

DNA matching

"We are perfect and now we will have
a perfect family. Everything is perfect.
Perfect, perfect, perfect."

Weird way to stalk

2000

Instant message stalking

"I saw you sign on my buddy list."

2015

Facebook creeping

"Maybe if I like all her posts
she'll notice me."

2030

Chartering surveillance drone

"Hopefully my drone doesn't
crash in his backyard."

Commitment

2000

Sharing an answering machine

"Hi! Hey! We're not home right now,
try calling our car phone! Bye! Ciao!"

2015

Deleting Tinder

"I'll delete Tinder, but I'm not ready to
change my relationship status on Facebook."

2030

Granting "live look-in" to retina camera

"You really want to look?
You don't trust me?"

Spicing up long-distance relationship

2000

Phone sex

"So, what are you wearing?"

2015

Sexting

"Only one picture, but you
have to promise to delete it!"

2030

Virtual reality

"Oculus Rift was
the best investment!"

Cowardly way to breakup

2000

Handwritten letter

"Luckily I'll never have to see her again."

2015

Texting

"I'm blocking you from all my profiles!"

2030

Breakup droid

"After five uses, this bulletproof
droid is still fantastic."

Avoiding the ex

2000

New walking route

"Great ... now I have to walk
an extra ten minutes."

2015

Block on Facebook

"Now to delete all mutual friends."

2030

Delete teleporter destination

"I should have dated a robot."