Beelining is the new dating trend for people tired of the ‘talking stage’ on dating apps

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Beelining is the new dating trend for people tired of the ‘talking stage’ on dating apps

By Lauren Geall

3 years ago

1 min read

Cut to the main event with the help of beelining, the new dating trend that sees daters skip the talking stage for an IRL meet-up.

Name: Beelining

Meaning: forget the days when you spent hours talking to someone before the idea of meeting IRL even came up – beelining is all about cutting to the chase and securing a date as soon as possible. At a time when many of us struggle to keep up with the number of notifications and messages popping up on our phone, it’s a way to overcome the risk of forgetting to reply to someone and going straight to the main event.

Origin: you heard it here first – beelining is a Dating Dictionary original – and represents a growing trend we’ve seen on dating apps, especially among women. We’ve seen an increase in profile prompts asking suitors to ‘name a time and place or unmatch’. It seems like daters are becoming increasingly frustrated and burnt out by their quest to find a connection – and beelining has become the antidote. 

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