Dating in Today’s World: A Psychological Perspective

I had spent years listening to clients share stories about the modern dating landscape: the euphoric highs, the gut-punch heartbreaks, the confusing silences, the digital oddities. I’d heard about “ghosting,” “breadcrumbing,” “situationships,” and a hundred other modern terms for age-old relational patterns dressed up in Wi-Fi. But now, I wasn’t just a curious observer. I was in the arena.