Page 5 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - July '20

Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens, Page 5
The Single Scene Column

Decoding Our New Dating your life. Knowledge is power. The power of love knows from strangers’ profiles, and sometimes even create multiple
no boundaries but first we must know who we are dating
personas to make their stories more believable. They will
Language and what goes on “Behind the Screens!” (Yikes). Online try to continue a “fake” relationship for months--always
daters beware today more than ever before...and social media avoiding a face-to-face meeting.
By Kelly Leary, M.S., lovers...heed my advice. It’s just too easy to get into trouble Ghosting: When someone you’ve been seeing vanishes
Founder and President if you are dating via the internet in any way. In this day and without a trace. You could have been dating a few days,
The love business is age, dating begins and ends with our smart phones. So, let’s or months, but one day they simply disappear. They don’t
booming with new clients and get smarter. return your texts, and may even block you to avoid having
engagement notifications post- Learn the New Dating Dictionary, circa 2020: the break-up conversation with you. It’s cowardly, but sadly
lockdown. I can’t count how Micro-Cheating: Inappropriate flirting or contact with common, especially with a vast array of dating apps at our
many dynamic duos will be another that lacks physical touch. It goes beyond emotional fingertips.
enjoying the fireworks together infidelity, in that this usually occurs on an electronic device Zombie-ing: If you’ve been ghosted, the culprit may
because of us. Summertime in one way or another. How do you know if you have crossed resurface. It’s usually a decent amount of time after they
is the kick-off of The Cuffing the line? If you are doing anything you would not want your disappeared, and they often act like nothing happened, like
Season, the time when finding a partner knowing about (when it comes to dating or flirting) a revived corpse.
girlfriend or boyfriend becomes like texting inappropriately, sending photos or sharing Nexting: With all the apps at our fingertips and singles
even more appealing as the intimate feelings with anyone other than your “exclusive” finding it so easy to communicate via a smart phone, anyone
countdown to the holidays is only six months away. Plus, partner, then you are micro-cheating. can be anyone. False confidence abounds and many just feel
we are all a little more responsibly “free” than we were in Love Bombing: The flame that burns too fast dies quickly. they can jump to the next in an instant...and guess what? They
the Spring. Twenty/Twenty has been tough on us all, but it’s You feel someone fell madly in love with you but they have can. This is a weak testimony to a real man or woman who
about to turn around! The second half of the year will make never met you or you met briefly. In this case you definitely is looking to date sincerely as a romantic goal. If you feel
you smile with appreciation and hope. should think twice. Why is he or she falling so fast and they you are in this trap, get out quickly.
In the wake of our “new normal,” I have decided to bring barely know you? How many times have they done this Stashing: When the person you’re dating doesn’t
you up to date on the new “terms” being used on the dating before? introduce you to their friends or family, and doesn’t post
scene. As always, meeting through introduction by a friend is Catfishing: When a person lures someone into a anything about you on social media. Basically, you’re their
the best way to go...and that is what we recreate at my club. relationship by pretending to be someone else online or has
So Ready-Set-Go. Be aware and enjoy the next chapter of greatly altered their appearance. Catfishes often steal photos The Singles Scene Column on page 6

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