Your partner being told they’re ‘punching’ is not the compliment you think it is

Declan Rice’s girlfriend Lauren Fryer has been the target of horrific online abuse (Picture: Lauren Fryer/Instagram)Whether down the pub or on the internet, at some point in our lives we’ve all overheard a conversation about a partner who is supposedly ‘punching’.Even if the couple in question seem endlessly happy, it is a hurtful thing to say and can play into a person’s deepest insecurities.‘‘Punching’ comes from the idea of ‘punching above