What's your dating "deadline"?

[Anonymous]

One of my friends told me that she's been dating this guy exclusively for 8 months, though they're not officially boyfriend and girlfriend.

This was strange to me, as my approach to dating is different. I prefer befriending the person first before deciding whether I like them romantically or not and if I do, I'd go on a date with them if the feeling's mutual. This process could take about 3-6 months. However, I decided to try dating through apps like Hinge.

I recently started going on dates with someone who I'd known for 3 weeks (we'd been on 3 dates so far). I'm unsure of when is an appropriate time to talk to my date about the status of our relationship and when it should become official.

Is 3 months of dating too soon to decide if it should be a serious relationship? Is 8 months too long that it becomes a situationship?

3 months

6 months

Depends on the person's comfort level

[Phoenix98]

In most cases about a month will tell me whether or not I want to be in a relationship with someone.

[CuriousMufuxka]

The girl chooses this type of thing. Guys are typically glad to get the amenities of the girlie.

[Nikki1989]

You should be able to tell within a few weeks if there is any future in a relationship.

[Avicenna]

After a month

[In_Trance]

I think i know why you're single

[Asker]

Please, do enlighten me

[zagor]

Don't worry so much about nomenclature

[Neufd]

I don’t have one