Kittenfishing, catfishing and breadcrumbs.....toss your line in

​“The greatest personal limitation is to be found not in the things you want to do and can't, but in the things you've never considered doing.” Richard Bandler

For those who know I am a profession image and relationship coach, I have some advice for you for in the dating world:
Kittenfishing is so named because it is essentially catfishing but lightly.  Whereas catfishing is the practice of creating an entirely fake person to engage with someone while internet dating, kittenfishing is when an online date-seeker presents a version of themselves that does not come close to lining up with reality. Very old or heavily edited photos lies about height or background and farming out conversations to others are all elements of kittenfishing.  Yes, many accounts online here are not real people folks!  They want something else and they don't have any remorse for what they do either.  

Another fear in the dating world now is being zombied. Most everyone knows that to get ghosted is to have a romantic interest disappear from communication with no explanation as to why. Zombies are when someone who has ghosted you unexpectedly reappears in your life with a the more direct out-of-the-blue text message.  Hmmm, they may yet change into a ghost for you.

While the zombie is usually someone who disappeared from your life after a handful of dates and steady communications, there is the even more dreaded zombie ex. A zombie ex is an ex that you have decided to cut off interactions. You’ve eliminated communication with this person for quite some time and then, like a crawling stinky creature, they appear back in your life.  Unless it is me, they may have unresolved issues left to rehash with you. 

Also known as bread-crumbing, benching is the equivalent of stringing someone along to keep your options open even if you not are currently interested.  Benching is an often coordinated and calculated method of texting that offers an interested party just enough interaction to not upset them but ultimately no substantive back-and-forth or concrete plans.

The slow fade is a sometimes controversial, between benching and ghosting. While it doesn't carry the dropped off the face of the earth shock of ghosting, it has none of the carrot-dangling and hints of interest of benching. The show fade is a deliberate communication fade out.

Cuffing Season: a frenzied relationship version of the sport draft. It is the search for a relationship partner in the autumn-winter months so that you have someone to cuddle up and order take-out with during the cold days of winter.  Whether or not you want to use actual handcuffs can be optional.
I do not want to scare you as there are some wonderful people here, you just have to take the chance to believe them.  
Cheers,
The Red Ferrari

Owner of Get the Soulmate and Dump the Rest
Author of Love in the 12th Dimension and Twinflames Reunite.