It seems like there’s a special term for every trend these days, whether it’s Vanilla Girl fashion, Coastal Grandma interiors, or beauty methods like ‘hair skinification’. Stick ‘core’ on the end of a word and you’ve got a hit TikTok hashtag in the making. Dating trends are no exception, and while we can all agree ‘ghosting’ is pretty savage, there’s another trend among singletons that’s getting a worse reputation than, I believe, it deserves.