The Urban Dating Lingo Guide Everyone Should Know About (3 of 4)

Stashing

A lot like curving is stashing. In this age of social media, you would obviously post about your new relationship. But in some cases, people are hesitant to do so, kind of like not arranging a meeting with their parents. It shows that maybe they are insecure about their relationship or maybe ashamed of you, so they stash you away.

Ghosting

Imagine you are on a date. It went great and now you are chatting with each other non-stop. But suddenly, one day, you don’t get a text back. A few more days pass by, and suddenly it’s a whole week. Well, it’s a bummer, but you’ve been ghosted by this person, as he or she suddenly vanished from your life without giving you any closure.

Orbiting

Now, when you have been ghosted, that person will not return any of your texts, but will continue to follow you on social media, like your posts and see your snapchat stories. They haven’t completely gone, but make their social media presence known to you. This is called orbiting, and it is the next step to ghosting in some cases.

Firedooring

Well, this is a form of a toxic relationship, one where a person won’t put any effort, but expect you to make efforts every time they ask you. They may not reply to your texts, and may drop a text out of the blue, they may not plan any dates with you, but require you to always answer their calls. It’s kind of like a one-way street, like a fire door, and you need to escape it ASAP.

Situationship

It is a kind of relationship wherein you are together in bed, but not really walking hand in hand. It’s not a committed relationship, nor is it a friends-with-benefits relationship. You are not really defining your relationship with another, but you just know that you’re in a situation.