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Aishwarya Kapoor

The Browsing Habit That Is Quietly Destroying Your Capacity for Real Intimacy and Connection

The Tab You Never Close

You know the feeling. Someone is sitting across from you at a café in Bandra or Koramangala, saying something real, and your thumb is already itching. Not because he is boring. Because somewhere in the back of your mind, the app is still open. The browsing does not stop when you go on a date. It barely stops when the date goes well. This is the part nobody talks about: the habit is not about finding someone. It has become about the act of looking itself, and looking has changed what you are able to feel when you actually find.

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