We are sometimes wary of romantic tendencies. It must be said that we have seen the emergence of many expressions in recent years to put words to horrible behavior. Bad news: it's not about to end. Here is the "scrooging", the latest trend that we would have done well.
Inspired by the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (A Christmas Carol), "scrooging" consists of breaking up with someone just before the Christmas holidays in order to avoid offering them gifts. Did you say "stingy"?
What is "scrooging"?
Usually dishonest people wait until the end of the cuffing season to break up. But the "scroogers" are obviously not afraid of anything. If your partner never mentions Christmas, gets angry when you bring up the subject and constantly complains about the commercial nature of this holiday, watch out for scrooging. Women are slightly more likely to scroog than their male counterparts, according to a survey by dating site Plenty of Fish of over 1,000 users. But what worries us is that this not really classy trend seems more common than you might think: 33% of people questioned said they had been the victim of scrooging and being dumped before the end of year holidays .
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What if it was more than that?
Asked by the BBC, Sheela Mackintosh-Stewart, an expert in human relations and a former lawyer specializing in divorce, explains that it is "easier" to break in the digital age. "Technology makes it easy for people to send messages of anger and pain to their partner, but it also gives them a convenient but cowardly way to dump them.". Obviously, it's a little more complex than just being stingy or broke. “Christmas 'scrooging' has become a convenient excuse to dump a partner when he / she doesn't want to deal with the underlying issues and conflicts that are the real issues. At this time of year. , people can be tired and exhausted, the nights longer and the days shorter, causing them to spend more time together, " she adds. In other words, we are more irritable, which according to Sheela "encourages thoughts of breaking up and starting afresh as the new year approaches".
And while breaking up over the holidays can be hard to take, tell yourself that your relationship was probably doomed.