13 Truths About Modern Dating You Should Know Already

Times have changed. For better or for worse would be debatable. But say what you may, dating in the modern world isn’t as ‘clear’ as you may make it seem. There’s a lot unsaid. Unsaid truths about how we as a generation rank love and more than that, deal with it. These truths about modern dating may make you question a lot of things.

1. First things first, pictures can be deceptive—very, very deceptive. With dating apps like Tinder reducing people to mere objects you can swipe left and right as you please, the pictures people put out may be far from reality, top angled selfies being the biggest culprits.

2. No matter how racy your conversation may be online, your chemistry is bound to fizzle out, unless you plan a real date at the right time. People get over connections pretty soon.

3. And not everybody who makes your heart race with their texts is going to be half as interesting on a date. We call them keyboard warrior – great with words, but dull AF in person. It’s anyway much easier to carry a conversation online than on a real date.

4. There’s a good chance one of you will be either still hung up on an ex, or torn between two partners or just ‘not ready for a relationship’. It’s always ‘complicated.’

5. Chase is not a thing anymore. You’re either interested or you aren’t. Patience isn’t as common as it used to be, to be very honest.

6. It’s a harsh world out there for old school people. If you’re not up for sex before commitment, you’re going to have a hard time finding people. Not that people are only looking for sex today but ‘saving it’ for the ‘right person’ isn’t really a thing anymore.

7. The world is a lot more non-committal now. Nobody wants to be ‘tied down’ in relationships. They want the sex, not the intimacy. They want the romance, without the baggage.

8. Not everyone who’s going out with you may be really interested in you. A lot of people seek sex just to put their minds off something happening in their personal lives, some even do it to get over someone or simply distract themselves.

9. Our generation is spoilt for choice. We’d rather meet 10 new people than spend quality time with one good date we might be genuinely interested in.

10. There are too many opportunities to cheat on someone, now more than ever. Sex isn’t a taboo anymore. And that makes it even harder for relationships to sustain.

11. But having said that, it’s also almost impossible to hide things. If you’ve sleeping around, cheating on people, you’re bound to get caught. Everyone’s connected to everyone else and let’s just say, karma is a fiercer bitch in 2016 than it ever was.

12. Nobody is ready for emotional baggage. You’re going to hear ‘I don’t want to deal with this right now’ a lot if you get easily attached.

13. ‘Let’s not talk about it’ is the mantra of most relationships today and it might leave you hanging many a times. You might actually be dating someone but you one of you will always be in denial. Nobody wants to say they’re in love because it’s so much cooler to be the ‘detached’ one. You’ll have to constantly tell yourself that it’s just meaningless sex and more often than not, it’s going to end with one person getting heartbroken.

source: www.mensxp.com