You’re intelligent. Witty. Good looking (enough). Successful. You also met someone very cool recently, and hey, it seems to be going well. He’s super cute, there’s flirty banter until 1 am (on a school night!), and the fun dates leave you blushing. Then one day (just when you were imagining your beachside wedding in Phuket), he drops the bomb. Suddenly, he’s no longer interested.
This is like one of George RR Martin’s unpredictable plot twists, except, instead of Jon Snow, you’re being screwed over. Now your phone screen feels like an empty, hollow vortex. You long to see his name pop-up with a customary ping. You occasionally stalk him to see when he was ‘last seen online’.
Day three: You’ve been unfollowed. What the1 Has he moved on already?
So before you decide blame today’s rules of dating, the people who brought you together, or curse the other gender, perhaps, it is time to lean in. Could it be you?
5 signs you’re screwing up your own relationship
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Naina Hiranandani is the COO of SirfCoffee, a dating service for the global professional.
