Pocketing

Keeping a partner hidden from your friends, family and social media, as if pocketed away out of sight.

What it actually means

Months in and you have still not met anyone in their life, and you never appear on their feed. The relationship lives in a vacuum.

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What to do about it

Ask directly why you are being kept separate. A real partner wants to fold you into their world, not file you away.