What Is Future Faking In Dating And Here’s How You Can Identify It!

Future faking in dating happens more often than people realise.

Dating today has become very tricky. Amid terms like ghosting, gaslighting, cheating, breadcrumbing and more, let us introduce another one– (Drumroll please) ‘Future Faking.’ This term simply refers to people talking about a shared future with their partner, with no intention of actually sharing one. Classic! Now you can no longer tell your girlies that you believed a man would spend his life with you just because he said so! In case you don’t know what we’re talking about, here’s how you can decode if someone is faking the future with you.

Future Faking In Relationships

Let’s say you are looking for a serious commitment and you finally find a guy who says he is also looking for the same and often assures you about what your future together would look like. It can include vacations, small gestures and more. But the problem here is that he always talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk. Sure, you can’t really trust him or dismiss him in the beginning but after a point you have to start noticing that there are no real efforts when it comes to your shared future. Trust us, he can go into minute details when he is faking the future with you, which, being a human, can make you feel like he is genuinely interested in building a life with you. But girl, once you realise that he is just saying that to keep you in a relationship, do not let your hopes or love get in the way of calling him out or breaking up with him. It’s important to remove those rose-tinted glasses in such situations.

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Actions Matter!

We are not saying that a person imagining the future with you is faking it. Actions are a crucial part of relationships. More importantly, unsaid actions and constant efforts to keep the relationship alive matter more than anything. So take time to observe and make decisions before your emotions take over and you fall for the guy just because he is talking about a probable shared future. If you think that he is faking it, talk with him and go with what your gut says. It’s better to take time rather than get heartbroken. If you are still not convinced, imagine you’ve been with a guy for years and come to a point where you want to get married but he dismisses that or breaks up with you, giving some lame reason like “parents won’t allow” or he wants to focus on his career. If this article is not enough to convince you, then only god can save you now!

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First Published: January 09, 2026 7:27 PM