‘Snow-Globing’ Is The New Dating Trend To Look Out For This Holiday Season

Despite its whimsical-sounding name, “snow-globing” is the holiday dating trend you’ll want to avoid at all costs.

Coined by Cosmopolitan, snow-globing is when the person you’re seeing uses the magic of the season to bamboozle you into believing your relationship is far more serious than it truly is. They’ll take you to do all of those romantic winter activities, bring you along to family events, and then when the new year rolls around they dump you.

Nice!

Basically, the person snow-globing you treats you as the placeholder partner for December so they can enjoy the romance of the holidays without needing to make a serious commitment.

People may choose to snow-globe for a variety of reasons, be it loneliness or because of the daunting question that tends to make its way around the family Christmas dinner table, “Why are you still single?” But with you there, that question can’t be asked unless someone wants to make things super weird!

While it can be difficult to know if you’re being snow-globed, Cosmopolitan shares that one sign it could be happening is that the person you’re dating appears to simply be going through the motions and isn’t totally psyched to see you. Another indicator may be that when you meet their close family and friends, they seem surprised. Because they had no idea you even existed.

If you suspect you’re being snow-globed, talk to your partner about their expectations and where they are at. If they seem to dodge the question, that might be all the information you need to know that they aren’t as into it as you are. And if you’re cool with something casual, enjoy the holiday romance. If not, it might be time to wrap it up and call it quits before you get hurt.