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Ananya Panday And Anuv Jain On Dating, Green Flags, Bad Texting And Everything In Between
From first impressions and bad texting to green flags and the pressure to impress someone, Ananya Panday and Anuv Jain had plenty to say about navigating relationships today.
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The world of online dating has always felt like one big haunted house. Ask a friend and they’ll have a dozen stories, and then some more. Most are left wondering how much to share, how fast to move or, more importantly, how slow is too slow. No one seems to have cracked the code just yet. But this time, your favourite Bollywood girly Ananya Panday has teamed up with singer-songwriter Anuv Jain to talk about relationships, online dating, first impressions and everything in between.
And honestly, their conversation had a few things to say about dating that are far more relatable than another list of rules telling you exactly how long you should wait before replying to a text.
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Anuv Jain On How Marriage Changed His Take On Love
Anuv, who got married last year, got candid about how his relationship has changed the way he understands love. He said marriage has brought a sense of stability into his life and that he now finds himself writing about love differently.
“My emotional vocabulary has changed, it has become a lot more mature,” he said, explaining that his writing now comes from “a place of stability.”
That makes your heart full for the man who has become the go-to playlist for all the broken hearts. Now, he finds himself writing more about what it feels like to actually be in love.
Ananya Panday’s Take On First Impressions
While Ananya shared her view on first impressions, the Student Of The Year 2 star believes they don’t necessarily tell the whole story. As she pointed out, the way we see someone when we first meet them can change completely once we spend more time with them. After all, there is a reason the whole “hate turning into love” trope has survived for so long. As people get to know each other, that initial impression can shift, sometimes completely.
What Do Ananya And Anuv Value In A Partner?
And what catches her attention in the first place? Someone who makes her laugh is a big one. Ananya said she naturally gravitates towards funny people, but she also likes people who can teach her something she doesn’t already know.
Anuv, meanwhile, looks at the little things. How happy does someone seem? Are they excited about life? Do they seem like someone who is looking forward to tomorrow? For him, that energy says a lot.
But their conversation also proved that first impressions can go sideways pretty quickly, especially over text.
Ananya called Anuv a “horrible texter” after he took around six hours to respond to one of her messages. Since she describes herself as a fast texter and an overthinker, she wondered if he simply didn’t want to talk to her. Anuv, however, had a perfectly reasonable excuse: he was travelling in Nepal and was on a long flight when she texted him.
So perhaps before overthinking the six-hour gap, check whether the person is actually in the sky.
Online Dating? Keep The Profile Real
Anuv’s approach to dating profiles is fairly simple. He likes authenticity and would rather see someone’s actual interests and everyday life than a perfectly curated feed showing only the “perfect bits.”
Ananya has also moved away from overthinking her social media presence. She admitted that she once spent hours trying to figure out the perfect caption or how to appear funny online. Eventually, she realised that trying too hard to be funny made her online persona feel more curated than natural.
Now, she said, she posts for herself and wants her own stories to make her laugh. Which, frankly, might be a much healthier approach to both Instagram and dating apps.
Ananya’s Green Flags
With age, Ananya has come to realise that one green flag she used to overlook is someone who is busy.
“When you’re younger, you want someone who’s just available all the time. But the older that I’ve gotten, I’m like, it’s so attractive that you’re talking to someone who’s ambitious and has their own things going on. And then at the end of the day, all can come together and then discuss everything,” she said.
And funnily enough, now having someone constantly available can even give her “the ick”, she admitted.
And then came a rather important reminder from their conversation: don’t pretend to be someone you’re not just to impress a person you like.
You Don’t Have To Pretend
Anuv recalled liking someone who was really into foreign films while he was much more of a Bollywood person at heart. He could happily watch K3G every day, but because the person he liked was into Swedish and Polish films, he thought he needed to get into them too.
Eventually, he realised there was no need to fake it. They could watch those films together, discover each other’s interests and he could introduce her to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai instead.
And when it came to meeting his wife, Anuv said he was finally done with the pretence and simply showed up as himself. The point he was making was simple, you can discover someone’s interests without pretending they’re already yours.
How To Build Your Dating Profile Right?
For anyone putting together a dating profile, Anuv suggested using pictures that show your personality rather than heavily edited or filtered photographs. But the bigger advice was about knowing when to step back.
If someone isn’t interested, don’t keep pushing. “Everyone doesn’t have to like you,” he said.
Ananya jokingly quipped: “You’re not coffee.”
The Golden Dating Advice
One person at a time is the way to go.
And if you do find someone you genuinely enjoy talking to, Ananya suggested giving that connection your attention instead of trying to juggle too many conversations at once.
Because perhaps online dating doesn’t need another complicated rulebook. Maybe it is as simple as showing up as yourself and letting someone get to know the real you.
As Anuv put it, being honest and real is what can create something “more real and substantial.”
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Ask News18Anuv Jain’s marriage, which occurred last year, has brought a sense of stability to his life and has changed how he understands love, leading him to write about it differently.
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