Dating: This is what lies behind the terrible “mosting” get-to-know-you scam

Rarely do both parties feel the same butterflies in their stomachs when dating. It takes a lot of luck to find your soulmate among all the likes and swipes out there. But sometimes there are cases like this where the spark jumps over for both of them. You are showered with love, attention, affection and closeness. But what if there is just a person behind it who is just musing you?

The dating trend mosting is a more unscrupulous variant of ghosting and is made up of this word as its origin and the English word “most”.

The dating trend Mosting combines two well-known behaviors when getting to know each other. At first you think that you have found the love of your life. Everything just fits and the new crush literally showers you with expressions of togetherness. The classic form of love bombing.

But then, overnight, the new crush is gone. He or she ghosts us, no longer answers his cell phone, ignores messages. It is impossible to reach the other person; he seems to have been swallowed up by the earth. The combination of the excessive love beginning and the cold ignorance that follows is called mosting.

There are nasty reasons behind the dating trend mosting

The reasons for mosting can be varied, but there is usually a malicious plan behind the initial love bombing, such as getting someone into bed, enriching themselves financially or gaining other advantages. If the Love Bomber can’t do that and the constant romantic gestures become too tiring for him, he disappears without a sound. Insecurities or fear of commitment are rarely hidden behind such behavior.

Protecting yourself from this is not that easy, because everyone is happy about Disney-esque love, nice gestures and compliments. However, you should keep a keen eye behind rose-colored glasses when your gut feeling says: “Too fast, too much.” Even if the content of a message, for example, is endearing.

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