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I've been reading some scholarly articles about the damage social media does to relationships. One common thing I've seen is happy couples don't post at all, they may not even change the relationship status. What does the GAG hive mind make of this?

When I’m on YouTube especially, I run into videos talking about how people should not be single because they will be lonely, depressed and that they will regret being life long singles and that the purpose of humanity is to marry and have kids.

They say women who are single are being lied to by feminism which is toxic because it tells women to focus on working hard and not on settling down and having a family.

Personally I feel like we all have a choice and also we all have different fates some of us were born to be single for the long haul, others were born to marry or having kids etc. Also, science has literally debunked the myth that single people are depressed and unhappy by proving that it is very possible to be happy and healthy as a single person.

Anyone can be happy it has nothing to do with your relationship status or if whether you have kids or not. Also if you listen to other people instead of doing what you want you’ll definitely be unhappy.

You will be happy though if you go after what you want in life and accept your fate with open arms and see the bright side of it be it single-hood, marriage or having kids. Because everything has a bright side in life, even though there are cons in every situation there are also pros in every situation.

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?