Tinder shows how youngsters’ expectations from relationships are changing

Youngsters in India are increasingly accepting “Situationship” as a valid relationship status, data from the dating app Tinder showed. It saw a 49 per cent increase in members adding this relationship intention to their profiles.

The data further revealed that 66 per cent of Indians chat through messages and text when they’re romantically interested and call it “Textlationship”.

Tinder also released a “dictionary” defining 23 terms that describe dating in 2023.

“Dating is no longer about the traditional chronology and there has been a shift in the dating vocabulary young Indian members use on the app today to connect with each other.