[TRENDING NOW] HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE DATING TERM “FLOODLIGHTING”?

Written by on March 28, 2025

Let’s say you’re on a first date. You’re excited. You’re maybe a little nervous. That’s understandable.

But one thing to remember is, you shouldn’t open all your baggage in one fell swoop.

An article published recently coined the term “Floodlighting” and it’s defined as “sharing too much information as a way to protect us from vulnerability”

If you go in and blurt out, “I want kids, I’m addicted to amazon, I have a ton of debt”, you’re going to scare your date off. You can’t dump all that info on someone you don’t have an actual connection with. It’s good to be honest but you have to engage organically.

You can read the full article here


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