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Dating
Could ‘priori-dating’ be the secret to building a healthy, long-lasting relationship?
By Lauren Geall
Updated 3 years ago
1 min read
‘Priori-dating’ is the new trend all about putting you and your values first while searching for a partner. But could it really help us to build more successful relationships? Let’s take a closer look.
Name: priori-dating
Meaning: dating, but with purpose. Forget the days when you scrolled through dating apps swiping left and right with careless abandon – in the age of priori-dating, we’re getting serious. Focused. Ready to rumble. Defining our number one dating priority, and going after it. Unapologetically.
Origin: the term was coined by Laurel House – an eharmony relationship expert and dating coach – in a bid to help people build healthy, long-lasting relationships. Having watched people date with “a list of wants” for many years, House said she wanted to encourage people to “focus on what’s real”, and thus, priori-dating was born. The term even has its own website.
So, this is like… a thing. Sure – although don’t ask me to use it in a sentence. It’s almost like an antidote to the illusion of endless choice today’s dating apps give us – an approach which forces us to narrow down our options before we even start our evening swipe-sesh.
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