{"id":125521,"date":"2020-01-29T09:48:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T09:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=125521"},"modified":"2020-01-29T09:48:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T09:48:20","slug":"new-dating-trend-whelming-could-be-the-worst-one-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=125521","title":{"rendered":"New dating trend &quot;whelming&quot; could be the worst one yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>Let&#8217;s be honest, dating is dangerous. Whether you&#8217;re developing a repetitive strain injury from swiping left or whiplash from dodging unwanted pictures, you&#8217;re constantly at risk of doing yourself some damage. And, there are constantly new ways that you can hurt yourself &#8211; with perpetual eye-rolling over this latest trend, perhaps.<\/p>\n<p>It goes by the name of &#8220;whelming&#8221; and is severely underwhelming. The trend sees people subtly (or not so subtly) gloating about the amount of matches and\/or dates they have been on. And, honestly, why would you?<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The concept isn&#8217;t exactly new, as the majority of us have been &#8220;whelmed&#8221; before, but now it&#8217;s been given a name. SELF, journalist Patia Braithwaite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.self.com\/story\/whelming-online-dating-habit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">coined the term<\/a> saying, &#8220;Whelming is what happens when my matches spontaneously lament about how overwhelmed they are by their other matches instead of, you know, flirting with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some signs that you&#8217;ve been whelmed come in the form of apologising for not responding due to the amount of messages said individual has to respond to, or relaying parts of a conversation the individual has had with someone else. 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