Stashing is hiding your partner from your online life and social circle while continuing to date them privately.
Stashing is when someone dates you but keeps you out of their public and social world. You never appear on their social media and rarely, if ever, meet their friends or family.
It looks like being kept off their feed entirely, left out of group plans, and generally tucked away even after months of dating. The relationship exists almost entirely behind closed doors.
Stashing closely resembles pocketing, with the emphasis often on the digital silence surrounding the relationship. It can signal embarrassment, lingering doubt about the future, or that someone is deliberately keeping their options open while keeping you around.
If you feel happy in private but invisible everywhere else, it is worth asking why directly. A partner who is genuinely committed will eventually want to acknowledge you publicly, not keep you stashed away indefinitely.