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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Courtney Pochin

Fireworking is the frustrating new dating trend you need to know about

Recently it seems that each week there's a brand new dating trend that everyone's talking about online.

In the last few months we've learned everything we need to know about paperclipping, Kondo-ing and fishing.

And it doesn't look like the trends are stopping anytime soon, as there's another one that's just been coined.

Created by Grazia, the new term is known as 'fireworking' and it's likely that it might have happened to you at some point during a romantic entanglement.

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According to the publication, a person is fireworked when someone goes out with them in order to put on a big display - like a firework display.

The date might be in order to make an old flame feel jealous or just to make them feel good about themselves.

So how do you work out if you're being fireworked?

They explain: "Signs that you're being fireworked will include your new boo plastering photos of you all over their social media early in the relationship, taking excessive photographs of you both together and generally acting like you met on Love Island and are trying to score an endorsement deal by looking happy for the cameras."

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They add that other signs might include taking you to very photogenic locations on date and making you the subject of their Insta stories (so they can keep tabs on who has seen it).

The act of fireworking can be carried out purposefully, or it might be done subconsciously, as the other person is seeking validation.

"The difference between fireworking and genuinely wanting to show off your new partner is that when you're being fireworked the reality of the relationship doesn't match up to the social media representation," says Grazia.

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