Are You A Worst Online Dating Trends Offender?

Surely you’ve heard of “Ghosting”, right? You know, when the person you’ve been dating suddenly falls off the face of the earth with no explanation? Yeah, that. Actually, odds are you’ve been ghosted if you’re still playing the dating game, and you know it hurts like a bitch. But since online dating in 2018 is just getting more and more difficult, there are tons of other awful dating trends you should know about in case they happen to you — or you happen to be the offender (don’t be that guy). Here’s the deal…

- Zeynep Yenisey

This would be a ranked list of least to most shitty, however we can’t decide which of these horrible trends is worse than the other. So, since all of these dating trends suck, here is your ultimate awful dating trend glossary, in a completely arbitrary order.

Ghosting

Ah, ghosting. This cowardly move involves having the person you’ve been dating suddenly stop talking to you with no explanation whatsoever. No text, no call — nothing. Much like a magician’s disappearing act, poof! They’re gone. Assuming Ghosters disappear for the sole purpose of avoiding the “This isn’t working out’ talk, I emphasise that this is a cowardly move.

Zombie-Ing

Following ghosting, the individual who dropped you like a hot potato and ignored you for weeks or months suddenly rises from the dead and messages you with a, “Hey, how have you been?” like nothing’s wrong. I suggest deleting the messages and ignoring their calls immediately because someone who ghosted you once will probably do it again.

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