The answer depends on your age and experience with dating. As you get older and accumulate bad experiences, you develop more specific ideas about what you want in a partner, and you know sooner.
That varies from person to person, but early dates are performance mode — best behaviour, curated stories, low stakes. Long-term compatibility shows up in the stuff that doesn't fit neatly into a simple dinner reservation.
Men will almost always say what they think the woman wants to hear, and it is often not genuine.
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My wife and I never dated. We spent a lot of time together. It wasn’t like I called her up and said don’t want to go on a date w me. I think we both knew we just like each other, so we hung out a lot. Now it’s 18 years later still going strong.
For me though it has always been much quicker. The girl was keen on me and I was keen on her and the relationship was fairly much settled by a period of enthusiastic sex.
It really depends on whrn we talk about the future and values. I try to plan do this early on, because if there are too many differences in our future plans, I want to break it off before we're too deep.
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The answer depends on your age and experience with dating. As you get older and accumulate bad experiences, you develop more specific ideas about what you want in a partner, and you know sooner.
That varies from person to person, but early dates are performance mode — best behaviour, curated stories, low stakes. Long-term compatibility shows up in the stuff that doesn't fit neatly into a simple dinner reservation.
Men will almost always say what they think the woman wants to hear, and it is often not genuine.
My wife and I never dated. We spent a lot of time together. It wasn’t like I called her up and said don’t want to go on a date w me. I think we both knew we just like each other, so we hung out a lot. Now it’s 18 years later still going strong.
I saw a stat that it is an average of 7 dates.
For me though it has always been much quicker. The girl was keen on me and I was keen on her and the relationship was fairly much settled by a period of enthusiastic sex.
I think that around the third or fourth date, you should be having a discussion about where the relationship is going.
Depends on the person, how you met etc... But after a handful of dates you have a good idea where it's going.
It really depends on whrn we talk about the future and values. I try to plan do this early on, because if there are too many differences in our future plans, I want to break it off before we're too deep.
However long it takes to get over the stage of being on their best behavior so we can get to know the real person.
I don't date. If I'm spending time with you then I see long-term potential.
Whatever amount of dates it takes to get to know that person well enough. Are they all day dates or two hour dates? You can’t just say how many
We decided everything on the phone on My last relationship Before I even met her and when we did we went every where and the USA and In Europe
I just keep going until it is over. Sometimes it just faded away.
Two or three dates i guess because i'm an open book, either she likes me or not 🤷🏻♂️
Just one. When you know, you know. The earlier the better. If your single at 23. Your not going to be happy with your life decisions
It depends quite a few, in some case you might meet the person in several occasions before calling her for a real date
One., provided the after coffee BJ in the car is acceptable. As long as the sex gets better with each date, I'll keep her around.
You're gonna really hate marriage, bro.
Took me a few before I just knew.
Usually by the third date I can reasonably tell.
One date or less.
Less? lmao
@MrChinaski LOL Yes, meaning it can be the initial conversation and I know before I'd even ask for a date. :)
I think three are enough
That's a good question.