The lexicon of online dating keeps growing, and “breadcrumbing” is the latest toxic trend to enter the mainstream conversation. In the digital dating scene of 2025, terms like ghosting, haunting, and breadcrumbing have gone viral as social media and dating apps amplify dysfunctional behaviors. Ghosting – abruptly cutting off all contact – is already commonplace (roughly 1 in 4 people …
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