Top 10 Newest Dating Trends, Amy puts T.J. To The Test!
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🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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From “Shrekking” to “Future Proofing” to “Micro-Mancing” do you fall into one of these newly coined dating trends? Some of these dating styles have been around for ages, but we just haven’t admitted we’ve participated in them… so they have new and hilarious names. While many are entertaining to talk about, others serve as major red flags for any one who is on the market and looking for love.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:05.9 | Welcome everyone to this edition of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:10.0 | And, you know, this is language that I'm not necessarily familiar with, but I feel like we learn something new every day from our daughters. |
| 0:21.7 | And maybe even wait, what is the generation that Sabine is? |
| 0:24.8 | Oh my God. |
| 0:25.8 | Is it Gen A now? |
| 0:27.3 | Has it like gone back to the beginning of the alphabet? |
| 0:30.3 | Damn, I need, I'll text her. |
| 0:31.9 | I'll have it for you in just as ever. |
| 0:32.9 | All these young folks, yes, us Gen Xers, are not familiar with so many of the new terminologies |
| 0:39.5 | out there for the dating world that so many people find themselves in. But this has been fun. |
| 0:44.9 | Like, I guess this all comes from TikTok and Instagram, all sorts of new dating trends and |
| 0:49.6 | dating red flags that folks should be looking out for. So if you're in the market or on the market, so to speak, for a relationship, we have a list |
| 0:59.5 | of new dating trends that you need to be aware of. |
| 1:02.8 | And I'm actually going to see, TJ, you haven't seen any of these so far. |
| 1:07.2 | So I'm curious. |
| 1:08.5 | I have, let me see. |
| 1:10.2 | Okay, I have 10 new dating trends. Dating trends slash red flags. These are terms that are now being used in the dating world. I want to see how much of them you're up on. And I'd love to hear your best guess on what you think they are. And then we can discuss what they are and why they've become such a trend. And Sabine is Gen Alpha by the way. Okay, so I had the A thing, but it was Alpha. Gen Alpha. Gen Alpha, are they not dating yet, are they? They're too young to date. No. Stop. Well, give it like two years, babe. And then what's going to go ahead? She's going to start dating. Stop. She's going to start knowing all of these terms. It's ridiculous. She's 12. Yeah, going on 30. 12. Okay. All right. So the first new dating trend, and I do think you might know this one because you and I talked about this. But the first one I want to discuss is Shrekking. What do you think Shreking is? |
| 2:02.2 | I remember the Shrekking. |
| 2:05.3 | Yes, it had to do with the character Shrek. |
| 2:07.9 | It had to do, when I first heard it, it sounded fun. |
| 2:11.9 | Like, Shrekking. |
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