Breadcrumbing, the new ghosting phrase of 2017- All you need to know about it

Have you heard of the word "ghosting"? Well ghosting is defined as "the practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication." If you haven't been ghosted before, you're probably one of the lucky people who are not perplexed and left wondering why a person on the other side could suddenly decide to cut off all communication without a word. 

And just when people are beginning to come to terms with the word, another brutal new dating trend called breadcrumbing has reared its ugly head.

According to the Urban Dictionary, breadcrumbing is defined as;

"The act of sending out flirtatious, but non-committal text messages (i.e breadcrumbs') to members of the opposite sex in order to lure a sexual partner without expending much effort."

So have you ever wondered why flirty text messages never developed into a date? It's possible you could be a victim of breadcrumbing.

In other words, someone acting like they want you by giving you false hope but are unwilling to put in the effort and make their intentions known, thereby sending out mixed signals.

Though the term was recently coined, the practice has probably existed for as long as humans have.

"These are connections, not conversations. They can have the paradoxical effect of making the person who receives them feel let down rather than gratified, but then, confused: Is one asking for too much?

"Should one feel satisfied with a smiley face or a series of exclamation marks or a string of emojis?What constitutes being recognized?" said Sherry Turkle, a professor at M.I.T. who studies how technology shapes modern relationships

So i hope you now understands why some people come into your life at a certain point in time and the next minute they are gone without a word.

Don't fall for it.