Dating In The Digital World

With our glossary to strange phenomena in the world of romance, you will be ready to get back in the saddle and take charge.

- Simran Ahuja

Not only is dating a complicated game, it can be rather confusing as well. It’s always a gamble where you take a risk and you either emerge a winner or learn to identify a loser quicker the next time around. But even at the races, there’s always a rule book or a guide to nudge you in the general direction of victory. We’ve drawn up a similar one, a kind of lover’s dictionary to help you decode the baffling world of dating in the digital world.

GHOSTING

Everything seems to be going great, but suddenly one person decides to cease all communication. All the tweets, pokes, likes, snaps,texts and calls disappear, and you never hear from them again. Sounds familiar?Sadly, you’ve been ghosted.While the motives differ from ghoster to ghoster,most people prefer this way of ending things because it’s less awkward than a formal break-up.

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