Have you been ‘r-bombed’? It’s the latest brutal dating trend singletons need to know about
DATING in the 21st century is a minefield.
These days so much foreplay is conducted via texts and email that it makes it near enough impossible sometimes to know what the object of your affections is thinking.
Not only that, singletons have to put up with an ever-growing list of dating “trends” that are gradually ruining relationships up and down the country.
As many as 70 per cent of people are guilty of “phubbing” their partner off - ignoring them to look at their phones – while if you receive sporadic but suggestive text messages, it could be a sign that you’re getting “breadcrumbed”.
Then, for the insecure (or serial cheats) there’s “cushioning”, which is the practice of making sure you have some “insurance” on the side in case your relationship goes sour.
And who can forget the delightful trend of “ghosting”, when someone suddenly cuts all ties and communication with the person they've been seeing.
Now there’s yet another dating buzzword that’s being bandied about – and it’s something we’ve probably all been a victim of at some point.
Ladies and gents, we give you r-bombing.
This is where the person you like reads your messages, but doesn’t actually respond.
Essentially, they IGNORE you.
We all know how disheartening it feels to see that double blue tick on WhatsApp, signalling that they’ve read your text, only to receive silence in return.
How many of you have sat there staring at the screen, anxiously waiting for “such and such is typing…” to appear at the top of the conversation?
We hate to break it to you, but you’ve been well and truly r-bombed.
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Our advice? Banish those blue ticks by turning off “Last seen” in your privacy settings.
They won’t be able to see when you were last online, and you won’t be able to torture yourself with the knowledge that they’ve been online and dismissed your message without a response.
Trust us – ignorance is bliss.