From tindstagramming we go straight to submarining

My dear, I thought I had already written yesterday about a current (terrible) dating trend called tindstagramming where people who are rejected on Tinder go looking for you on Instagram, I discovered something else that is apparently really ‘in’ in the dating world right now: submarining.

Pfff yes, it all remains a bit complicated to keep up with (phubbing, ghosting), but in the case of submarining, you actually initially think you are being ghosted. You know, that someone suddenly disappears off the face of the earth and never hears from them again. I find it dreadful, but well, submarining is that, just a little different. They suddenly reappear, like nothing happened. Just – poof – they’re back as if they never disappeared and then also without a clear explanation for their temporary absence. Suddenly off the grid just like a submarine (now you understand the name) and then back in your life. Actually, you are dealing with a jerk for the second time here. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

I need some explanation. From both sides. Because why do people who use this tactic think that the other person will take them back? And the people who welcome the submariners back with open arms: why?

Now that I’m on a roll with dating things that I will never understand in my life; have you ever heard of the phenomenon ‘breadcrumbing’? Well, this can happen before you have even seen the person you are chatting with (it goes through a dating app) in real life. They keep making you believe that you will meet soon, but that never happens, which means you are just being strung along by someone you have never seen in your life. Aiii, what happened to the easy days of dating?

Anyway, I can no longer keep up with all these trends. ‘Modern dating‘ and I, we are just not a match made in heaven. I’ll stick to the old-fashioned way…