India, Nov. 20 -- Forget candlelit dinners and long handwritten love letters. Gen Z is rewriting the dating rulebook with the confidence of someone who's already skimmed the last page. Love in 2025 looks wildly different from the rom-coms we grew up watching, and it's more honest, more intentional, and way more chaotic (in a strangely refreshing way).

From soft launches to digital heartbreaks, here are the top 10 dating trends shaping how Gen Z gives, receives, and defines love today.

A mysterious extra coffee cup in the Instagram story. A blurry shoulder. A silhouette at sunset. Soft launching is Gen Z's way of saying, "Someone might be here, but it's none of your business. yet."

Why it works: You get to tease your love life without d...