Home prices in top Indian cities led by premium demand increase by 14%
Property prices in 13 Indian cities see an 8-point increase in March 2025
Average residential property prices are expected to rise by 6.5% amidst the increase of luxury segment in 2025.
Delhi NCR, Bengaluru lead housing price Serge; 1BHK demand increases amidst concerns
Do you see a similarity in these headlines? You do not need to be a real estate specialist to find out that property prices are at all -time high levels in India’s metro cities. And when it becomes difficult to buy a house, fares essentially follow the suit. This means that being alone or even slightly larger than a tight flat, is becoming a distant dream for many urban inhabitants.
Now, mix the sky -touching housing costs with the city’s emotional loneliness, and you get a ripe atmosphere for unexpected, urban fondness. A very real dynamic vested behind the chiku label: people enter less relationships for love and more to stay for a place, often in turn, in turn, bends economically and emotionally on their partner without offering too much in turn.
What is hobosexuality?
At its core, Hobosexuality refers to a pattern where a person mainly enters a romantic relationship for housing or financial assistance, often under the guise of a deep emotional relationship.
While the word itself can feel like a clickbait, the living reality is anything but light. It is a growing psychological and relationship -related phenomenon that is quietly and derogatory in urban India.
Not just a western discussion
Originally in Western Internet culture, the word ‘hobosxual’, which was used in colloquial language, describes someone who mainly date for shelter (like we saw Matthew McConaghi failure to LaunchIn India, this land is catching. Why are you asking? Of course, the sky-high fare is to blame (and some stingy persons too). It’s not that we are making a case for hobosexuals, but this is not true? Metros like Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, where housing is expensive, dating scenes are rapidly transacting.
Dr. Chandni Tuganit, psychiatrist and founder -director of the Gateway of Healing, says, “We are rapidly looking at individuals, especially women, joining with partners who bring very little to the table – emotional, economically, or logically, but take unbelievable location in their lives.
When romance feels like responsibility
For example, take the story of Ankita (name changed), a successful entrepreneur in the late 30s. “It looked romantic at first,” she remembers. “I was confident that we were in love, so easily agreed to welcome the house. But I was rented and taking the weight of the relationship alone.”
Over time, he saw a disturbed pattern. She says, “He will not divide the rent and sometimes compensate with small things like walking or carrying a dog for cooking.
This is the kind of emotional bait that is really difficult to spot first. To some extent, our modern dating culture can take blame for these associations. Love bombing, rapidly tracked proximity, and the protesting vulnerability blur the lines between affection and manipulation. It is very difficult to present the red flag.
Emotional economy of urban life
Hobosexuality is actually a reflection of the society in which we live. Do not believe? A report by Deloite titled “2025 General Z and Millennial Work Survey” said that more than 50 percent of Millennial and Jane Z employees are salary for Pachek in 2025.
The cost of housing in metro cities often swallows more than 40 percent of a person’s income. For example, a person living in Mumbai will spend at least 48 percent of his income in housing.
Dr. “Adds cultural pressure, conflict glorification, and a deep -root savior complex carry many people, and you have a cocktail that allows hobosaxual dynamics to flourish,” says Tuganait.
“It is even more dangerous that it is often disguised as devotion. You are not only paying rent, you are paying for the illusion of companionship.”
Love needs sympathy
Calling hobosoxicity is not about displaying those who are struggling. Nor is it a call for hyper-independence. But it is about the creation of relationships based on equality and awareness, not emotional facilities.
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