BEHAVIORALDATING

Love-Bombing on Match

Declarations of deep feeling ("I've never felt this way") arriving within days, disproportionate to how little has actually been exchanged. On Match, where the dominant catfish pattern is older-skewing user base targeted with military-deployment and widower personas, this tactic is a common companion to that pattern. Match has no native video-call feature, so testing for this tactic usually means proposing a call on a separate app instead.

Counter-Move

Treat intensity as a variable to slow down deliberately, not a compliment to reciprocate at the same pace.

Check It

The tell — Declarations of deep feeling ("I've never felt this way") arriving within days, disproportionate to how little has actually been exchanged. — is carried in message text, which is what this tool compares against known script patterns.

ROMANCE SCRIPT INSPECTOR