What is 'Nostalgia Matching? Here's a new dating trend take over

Most often than not every one of our friends has told us not to text our ex but we still end up doing it any way even though it is often labelled as a dumb mistakeInterestingly many people are only starting to realise it was more nostalgia than a 3 am blunder A recent survey has found that that online daters from India revealed that seeing an exmatch gives them a familiar rush that when theres history with a person and good vibes recycling an old match sounds like a good planIn a new survey by dating app QuackQuack 2 in 7 daters admitted to revisiting old matches and shared that Nostalgia Matching is now a fullblown trendThe survey was conducted at the end of April 2025 among 8546 active daters from metros suburbs and rural areas between the ages of 18 and 30 Participants were chosen from various professions including IT healthcare education sales and marketing content creation finance and other sectors along with a small section of business owners and students The gender distribution was evenly split for a better understanding of how nostalgia matches work for both men and womenSharing insights the apps founder and CEO Ravi Mittal commented People generally crave familiarity and connecting with an exmatch gives them that sense of comfort and safety even if things didnt turn out perfectly the first time We are seeing that dating is no longer linear its becoming a full circle Many are reconsidering old matches not as a rebound but to explore the possibilities of reconnecting with someone with whom they had almost something specialUnfinished businessSome matches simply drift away theres no ghosting theres no breakup Its just two people who did not put enough effort into the connection because work got crazy or things started to seem serious About 27 per cent of men and women from Tier 1 2 and 3 cities shared that they have rematched with people because their connection felt like unfinished business While the connection timed out their curiosity did notI came across an exmatchs profile and suddenly I felt a gush of emotions and nostalgia hit me like a brick I immediately connected with her said Manish a 26yearold content strategist from HaryanaNostalgia matches mean less small talkConnecting with an exmatch means you can skip the small talk and go straight to the point claimed 3 in 5 women between 25 and 30 years of age Theres no need for an awkward intro or asking Whats your favorite colour theres a better scope of hitting the deeper notes this time The data also shows that a nostalgia match leads to two times longer chat sessions than an average fresh matchGenZapproved romantic recyclingGenZs are all about recycling and it extends to romance as well 4 in 6 daters below 25 years are more open to romantic doovers compared to 2 in 5 daters above 27 years of age who are more inclined toward a clean slate More than 36 per cent of GenZ men from Tier 1 and 2 cities said they do not mind revisiting an old match that didnt work out and put in the effort as long as theres no toxic pattern involved 28yearold Piyush argued I too would like to rematch or look back on some connections but its the age It leaves little room for error let alone repeating oneNow is better than neverIt didnt work out once does not mean it wont work out ever commented more than 17 per cent of GenZ daters from metros People get busy life happens and most importantly people continue to change Puja Trivedi 24 said It might not have been the right timing then but dont write it off completely I feel that timing is the biggest motivator of nostalgia matching I have reconnected with forgotten matches because I believed that now is the right time for itatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params