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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Danni Scott

'Fizzling' is the new dating trend that's more passive-aggressive than ghosting

Singletons will be far too familiar with the habit of ghosting on dating apps, where your match just vanishes into thin air, not responding to any attempt to reach out.

Ghosting can happen at any point in the relationship, with no explanation offered by the ghoster, leaving the ghostee feeling defeated and rejected.

However, daters now have a new problem when trying to find a potential match that many are saying is worse than ghosting - fizzling.

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