Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maggie Zheng, a 26-year-old from Arizona who works for a tech startup. While it's difficult and unfair to generalize an entire group of people, my experience dating tech bros certainly matches the phrase. I've learned a lot from my peers about how to apply a tech mindset to my relationship in a healthy way. My fiance and I both use our tech mindset to help our relationshipI've taken notes from my peers and even started applying them to my relationship. They were pretty normal things like meeting each other's parents and going on vacations, but applying a tech mindset helped us feel confident, structured, and on the same page.

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Persons: —, Maggie Zheng, I've, There's, You'll, — we're, Tess Martinelli, tmartinelli@businessinsider.com Organizations: Service, Business, Tech Locations: Arizona