With cuffing season in full swing and new relationships emerging, there’s a new dating trend appearing. And it isn’t the fun kind of scary.
It’s called Zombieing – where the person you were talking to or seeing randomly falls off the grid, however, unlike ghosting, this person comes back months later as if they are ‘coming back to life.’
It’s not just returning from the grave over text, or email if you’re still into that, but also through social media interaction.
Most of the time it’s without an explanation as to why they disappeared or why they are reappearing. Some self-aware and less entitled zombies will apologize and request a second chance.
Personally, being ghosted is easier to deal with than the re-entrance of a love-interest zombie.
The dating game of the 21st century continues to get more complex with the advances of technology, making it easier to ghost out and zombie back into people’s lives.
According to e-harmony, an onlines dating site, “if you get zombied and it throws you off course, just remember to keep what’s really happening in perspective.”
E-harmony is used worldwide for matching couples; they also specialize in dating advice.
“There are so many hazy parameters in relationships these days, which is why it’s more important than ever to keep a firm grip of your boundaries and be clear about the sort of people you want to let into your life. Don’t ever think that these new dating trends mean that you have to lose your old school values,” the website advises.
In my opinion, just be honest at all times. People have so much respect for those that are real about their intentions and motivations. Leave the ghosting and zombieing to the haunted scream parks.
