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Becoming ‘zombie’ is the new dating trend — and it’s worse than ‘ghosting’

Becoming ‘zombie’ is the new dating trend — and it’s worse than ‘ghosting’
Published 2 years ago on Apr 26, 2023

Singer-songwriter Mariel Darling took to TikTok to share the latest horrifying dating trend: being “zombied.”

“It’s like ghosting, but he comes back from the dead after a couple months and hits you up.”TikTok/mariel_darling

“Girl, you’re being ghosted? I’m being zombied,” she shared with her 255, 900 followers on the platform.

“It’s like ghosting, but he comes back from the dead after a couple months and hits you up,” she explained in the video with 1.5 million views and 151,100 likes.

In a  follow-up video, she added that dating in New York City is very much like a zombie apocalypse “mixed with the ‘Thriller’ music video, because all these boys are tap dancing around commitment.”

People in the comments agreed and shared their personal “zombie” experiences.

“Have you ever noticed that they all zombie you at the same time? Like why are four guys from my past all hitting me up on the same day???” one person said.

“Mine has a Jesus Christ complex, he comes back every 3 days,” another joked.

“It’s because the girl he thought was better than you realized he’s terrible and ghosted him!” someone suggested.

“I saw someone say she puts gravestone emojis on their name in contacts so she knows not to deal with them anymore,” a user wrote.

Singer-songwriter Mariel Darling took to TikTok to share the latest horrifying dating trend: being “zombied.”Instagram/mariel_darling

“Tell me why this happened to me three times in the last three weeks,” someone shared.

“Try being zombied by a guy named zombie. I didn’t know he was just living up to his potential,” another wrote.

“I think I’m being zombied. One day he ignores me, one day he looks at me as if I’m the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen and texts me till 3 am,” a user admitted.

“This just happened to me. Only I went out with the guy twice, SIX years ago!” one person said.

According to dating expert Samantha Jayne, this trend has been around as long as relationships have been, and players love to zombie.

“It can be extremely damaging and confusing. Impacts self-confidence and leaves someone feeling anxious about abandonment, then when that person reappears can give a sense of hope and a painful reminder of the random departure,” she told News.com.au.

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Singer-songwriter Mariel Darling took to TikTok to share the latest horrifying dating trend: being “zombied.”

“It’s like ghosting, but he comes back from the dead after a couple months and hits you up.”TikTok/mariel_darling

“Girl, you’re being ghosted? I’m being zombied,” she shared with her 255, 900 followers on the platform.

“It’s like ghosting, but he comes back from the dead after a couple months and hits you up,” she explained in the video with 1.5 million views and 151,100 likes.

In a  follow-up video, she added that dating in New York City is very much like a zombie apocalypse “mixed with the ‘Thriller’ music video, because all these boys are tap dancing around commitment.”

People in the comments agreed and shared their personal “zombie” experiences.

“Have you ever noticed that they all zombie you at the same time? Like why are four guys from my past all hitting me up on the same day???” one person said.

“Mine has a Jesus Christ complex, he comes back every 3 days,” another joked.

“It’s because the girl he thought was better than you realized he’s terrible and ghosted him!” someone suggested.

“I saw someone say she puts gravestone emojis on their name in contacts so she knows not to deal with them anymore,” a user wrote.

Singer-songwriter Mariel Darling took to TikTok to share the latest horrifying dating trend: being “zombied.”Instagram/mariel_darling

“Tell me why this happened to me three times in the last three weeks,” someone shared.

“Try being zombied by a guy named zombie. I didn’t know he was just living up to his potential,” another wrote.

“I think I’m being zombied. One day he ignores me, one day he looks at me as if I’m the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen and texts me till 3 am,” a user admitted.

“This just happened to me. Only I went out with the guy twice, SIX years ago!” one person said.

According to dating expert Samantha Jayne, this trend has been around as long as relationships have been, and players love to zombie.

“It can be extremely damaging and confusing. Impacts self-confidence and leaves someone feeling anxious about abandonment, then when that person reappears can give a sense of hope and a painful reminder of the random departure,” she told News.com.au.

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