Stashing: A New Trend in Relationships

What new things can be invented in a relationship? Everything has been invented thousands of times, described by writers, drawn by artists, and composed by musicians. Fortunately, there are still journalists! They are able to come up with something new even where everything has been invented a long time ago.

So, the British edition of Metro has officially announced an allegedly new trend in relationships – “stashing.” “Stashing” means hiding, and as applied to relationships, it is a situation when one of the partners diligently hides the other from friends and relatives for some reason.

According to romancecompass scam moderators, “stashing” has become relevant because many people meet not in the old way (through friends), but through dating sites, accordingly, it is much easier to hide a partner. After all, if you met through friends, it makes no sense to hide from these same friends.

Why do stashers hide their relationship?

There are many different reasons for this. Here are some of them:

1. You are not the only one

Alas, the person tries to hide the relationship with you from another person. This option is also possible: your partner is not interested in a serious relationship with you and doesn’t want to demonstrate his status with friends and acquaintances, where a new, more interesting person could potentially be.

2. They are shy of you

Perhaps your partners are very confused by something in your appearance or character. This forces them to hide you from relatives and friends, so as not to become the subject of insults or ridicule.

3. They are from a religious family

In religious families, long-term relationships involving premarital sex are considered taboo. Stashing may be an attempt to hide the “sinful” truth from parents who are unlikely to accept such a romance.

4. They have complicated friends/relatives

Stashing can be expressed in an attempt to protect you from friends who, for example, can inadvertently offend you with a strong word or from toxic relatives.

5. They are afraid of losing you

The unwillingness of a partner to introduce you to friends can be ordinary jealousy. Your partners are so convinced of your attractiveness and so unsure of themselves that they see a danger to relationships in everything and a threat of treason.

What to do?

As with any issues that relate to relationships, you need to talk. Don’t come up with something extraordinary, just ask your partners directly if they are going to introduce you to their friends and relatives. Maybe they don’t want to introduce you to each other because they are embarrassed/have good reasons (for example, their parents really live in another city)/in a quarrel and you have already fantasized that your partner is hiding a second family and four children from different people. But also, don’t discard another option: stashers simply don’t see “the same one” in you, or there is another, more important person in their life.

Whatever the reason for such actions, don’t think that the matter is in you, in your character or appearance. In this situation, only the person who deliberately keeps you in the shade is to blame. Remember that you, like any other person in a healthy relationship, deserve to be loved and proud of, and not hidden from prying eyes.

New trends in modern relationships and online dating can seriously undermine your self-confidence. And even make you introspect for many months. There is only one way out: in all such situations, directly ask a partner about the reasons for this behavior. This will save you nerves and time.