Teen dating in the digital age

We are slaves in the digital world. We are living in a virtual world where we make more virtual friends than real friends. This digital age is affecting the teenagers in a big way. We all know that teenagers are most of the times addicted to the digital world and this can be seen in their behaviour as well. Even their concept about dating has taken a digital twist. Here are some things that you must know about teen dating in the online world:

1. Online flirting:

It has been found that a large number of teenagers flirt with more than one person online. They feel that it is better to have more options. But there are chances that they can be taken in for a ride. A fake profile may lure them into doing something which they may repent in the long run.

2. Messaging is the new way of communicating:

Most of them resort to texting when it comes to communicating their feelings. Emotional words have been replaced by emoticons. You can say that they are forgetting what real communication is. The feeling of love is all covered up in virtual pictures and messages.

3.Teens find digital connection better:

Most of the teenagers find connecting digitally easier and better. They find it increases their communication with their partner. They feel they can express themselves better through online medium rather than expression with speech.

4. Break-ups also happen online:

Though many of them end up their relationship in person, it has been found that even break ups happen online. They end up fighting and ending their relationship on chat or on social media.

5. Know their relationship status on their social media profiles:

You can get to know their relationship status on the social media profiles. In fact, you will find that their status changes periodically. Some of them also have a relationship status like confused! Don’t know what to say!

6. Severing ties with exes:

It has been found that these people severe, even their digital ties with their exes. Some of them will block them while some even take the extreme step of deleting their profile all together or having a new account which the ex cannot access and many such things.

Overall, we can say that teen dating in the online world is pretty superficial. They are trying to kill a number of birds with one stone. Most of them are not even sure about what they want. You can say that love is losing its place in dating. It is more of a digitally motivated thing.

It is high time that teenagers understand that falling in love is not as simple as updating your relationship status. You have to see if you are really in love. You have to make sure that you are ready to date someone. What is more important that when they think of dating someone from the online world they need to ensure that the person is genuine and will do no harm to them.