Rejection has always been part of the dating landscape, but are the new dating trends of ghosting, icing and simmering reflecting a decline of empathy in modern dating? These trends promote selfishness and relieve us of the responsibilities and consequences that our behaviour has on others.

These dating trends are rendering us incapable of hard conversations. A component that is essential in any long term relationship.

Esther Perel a couples therapist, author and famous speaker, gives us a guide to communicating about love in this day and age.

Watch Esther Perel in the YouTube video below explaining the state of modering dating.

Esther makes a plea that we end our relationships with more respect and conclusiveness. We are inevitably affecting people’s sense of self-worth and destroying their sense of confidence.

Remember at the end of the text there is another human being with feelings and they don’t want their confidence shattered. They can accept that they are not the person you choose but it doesn’t mean that they can be cast aside without respect or a thought.

H/T Elephant Journal

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