India, March 25 -- Trends like benching, gaslighting and breadcrumbing have taken over relationship patterns. People, these days, prefer to drop the off-school style and embrace methods that are tailor-cut for them. One such relationship trend is boysober. According to Alisha Lalljee, psychologist,special educator and psychotherapist, boysober is the practice of taking a break from romantic engagements to focus on self-care and personal growth. Also read | Micro-mance to future-proofing: Dating trends 2025 for Genz and millennials

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Alisha Lalljee said, "Boysober encourages focusing on self-care, personal growth, and healing from past toxic relationships. The word boysober is a gender-neutral term, it has...