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You are undoubtedly familiar with ghosting, this practice which consists of voluntarily disappearing from your partner’s life, overnight, without explanation. There is another form, more involuntary this time: snooze dating. We’ll explain it to you.
Like other romantic trends, snooze dating has its origins in a dating app. In fact, several of them have developed a “snooze” function, which allows you to take a break from the app without losing your conversations or matches.
What is snooze dating?
According to a survey carried out by happn, the dating application, 44% of singles have already been victims of this practice and 53% have already used it. This technique consists of constantly postponing the response to your crush… but in an involuntary way.
Indeed, unlike ghosting, where the person disappears voluntarily, in snooze dating, they do not respond due to lack of desire, forgetfulness or psychological exhaustion. “Between social networks and dating applications, they can be overwhelmed by requests, messages from family, friends and their crush” explains Claire Rénier, Trends Manager at happn.
Those responsible for snooze dating are also those who regret the most
In the details of the study, we can see that those who practice snooze dating the most are also those who have the most regrets. In fact, among the 53% who have already done it, three-quarters (76%) regretted having forgotten to respond to the person who interested them. Respondents describe feelings of guilt and embarrassment. Half of them also said they were simply disappointed in themselves, because they may have missed out on a potential meeting.
Snooze dating victims don’t hold grudges
As for the victims, the survey includes 44% of singles having been affected by snooze dating. Half of them admit to having felt disappointed, 35% believe that this can happen to anyone and 30% say that they have managed to put things into perspective.
But sometimes this digital break can be interrupted to let the relationship get back on track. Thus, only 14% of followers of the practice never contact the person again. In more than half of cases (58%), they apologize and almost one in three (28%) simply resume the conversation without justifying themselves.
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