What are the stages of a relationship?

[lexus]

[nicky]

I guess it depends from relationship to relationship but I would like to add couple of stages that I encountered in my life.

1- The Sparkling Beginnings: Remember the thrill of the early days? When every glance, every touch sent shivers down your spine? Our conversations stretched into the wee hours, and parting, even for a day, felt like an eternity.
2- Deepening Connections: As we moved forward, those initial sparks ignited a deeper, burning flame. We started to move in sync, anticipating each other's thoughts and finishing each other's sentences. It was during this stage that we shared our hopes, our fears, and those dreams we dared not tell anyone else.
3- Reality Checks and Adjustments: Life, with its unending capacity to surprise, started to test us. It was about figuring out who does the dishes on Tuesday nights or how we manage finances together. It was in these moments that we realized love is more than a feeling; it's a choice, a series of decisions made daily.
4- Building a Life Together: This stage was about laying down roots, perhaps buying a house, considering a family, or navigating career changes together. 5- Reflection and Deep Appreciation: Now, looking back and looking ahead, we find ourselves in a place of deep appreciation and understanding. We've seen each other at our best and our worst, and we've come out the other side, not just surviving but thriving. Our love is no longer just about the fluttering of hearts; it's about the peace that comes from knowing someone truly has your back.
6- Renewed Commitment and Joy in the Journey: As we navigate this stage, we're more in tune with each other than ever before.

[Simslover92]

Traditional:
1. Meeting
2. Talking
3. Dating
4. Relationship
5. Engagement
6. Marriage

Now a days:
1. Meeting online
2. Situationship or friends with benefits
3. Dating
4. Relationship
5. Engagement
6. Marriage

Mines:
1. Meeting in person
2. Friends/Talking
3. Situationship
4. Relationship
Work In progress:
5. Engagement
6. Marriage

[HawkPerception]

I think situationship is just a made up term, but it's been a thing for a long time.

[Simslover92]

Yeah it is but it's the best way to describe what we had at the time. It wasn't a relationship per se but it wasn't just a friendship either.

[HawkPerception]

Dating is what that is in my opinion. It's always been meeting in person or online, then dating, then relationship for me. These new terms confuse the hell out of me. I feel old as shit. All these new terms kids make up nowadays, I can't keep up with and usually hate. Like rizz. I fucking hate that term

[Simslover92]

I usually am against new school terms like rizz and cap but I actually like the term situationship. It describes a relationship well that's not really a relationship but you do everything as if you were in one. But I guess it could be seen as dating but we weren't really dating yet. We were just having sex. There were no dates so that's why I called it a situationship.

[DizzyDesii]

It varies by person and by the person they choose. Like for some of mine it was Meet then Friendship/Acquaintance then Talk then Go on a Date then become Official in a Relationship. For some it was Meet then Date then Official. And for others it was Chat or Phone Call then Talking then Dating then Official

[Jkgordon]

First phone call you should both know if you are compatible to move forward
You go on a date
After a few dates depending on how you feel make a commitment
If that goes well get engaged


Girls if your relationship is going well 2 years you should get engaged


Some relationship takes longer it’s up to the two


No babies until you get married
No joint accounts or shacking up
If the person cheats you leave

[Sameone]

1_Chat or call
2_Meeting
3_Dating
4_Sex
5_Dating
6_Sex
7_Dating
8_Sex
9-Relationship
10- Girlfriend or boyfriend
11_-Life together In one house or apartment
12_Married
13_Children
14_Divorce or death together

[Mediterraneansoul]

The seeing part
The eating and drinking part
The flirting part
The bragging part
The sexual part
The confusing part
The misunderstanding part
The falling out part
The cheating part
The finding out part
The hating part
The rebound part
The regret part
The sh! t part
The No f&cks giving part
The moving on part
The healing part
The repeat for fools

[andreasderjuengere]

1 - like
2- share
3 - subscribe
?
From what I see on Gag, however, it all apparently begins with
"asking a number"...
( whatever that is)

[electromagnetic]

I don’t believe in stages.
you’re either with the person and you make it work, or you’re with te person, it doesn’t work and you move on.

[Nikki1989]

No two relationships are the same, and there are NO rules on how to proceed.

[laly520]

Stage 1: The Merge
Stage 2: Doubt and Denial
Stage 3: Disillusionment
Stage 4: Decision
Stage 5: Wholehearted Love

[SolitarySolace]

Date, boyfriend/girlfriend, break up


Date, boyfriend/girlfriend, engagement, marriage, divorce

[RingOfFire]

Stage 1: Thinking that you got to know someone well enough to risk your heart.

Stage 2: Finding out that you didn't.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Stage 1: bwog
Stage 2" fwiggle
Stagd 3: glung
Stage 4: beebis
Stage 5: meng

[dudeinohio]

Introduction, talking, dating, in a relationship, engaged, married.

[OtterMan68]

meeting
courtship
commitment

[DreamLife7]

Engagement to marriage