Quiet Dumping Is the New Relationship Trend That's Even Worse Than Ghosting
glamour.com, gaslighting, negging; the present has brought us some not-so-great Now we have a new one to add to our lexicon. Quiet dumping, a cross between quiet quitting and ghosting, is on the rise.Quiet dumping, is derived from the job trend quiet quitting, which is currently flooding the social media world, especially TikTok.
describes a behavioral pattern in the where people only put the minimum amount of energy into their job, and are actively looking for something new.This trend has now been transferred to the dating world.
A person who is quiet dumping their partner gradually distances himself without seeking an open conversation, hoping that the other person will become aware of the problem on their own and, in the best case, end the relationship themselves.The journal even suggests that this slow "phasing out," or quiet quitting of a relationship, is a form of gaslighting, that is, deliberately manipulating and unsettling a person's perception of reality.
In short, people who are gaslit are persuaded that they are merely imagining problems.Transferred to a partnership, this is even worse.
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