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My Imperfect Life
My Imperfect Life
Danielle Valente

When is 'dating' different from 'talking'? Why experts say you shouldn't worry about relationship timelines

A young couple wearing yellow clothes taking a selfie in front of a pink wall, relationship timeline

While scrolling your FYP, you've inevitably stumbled upon relationship timeline explainers that have made you question everything about your love life.  

There's no need to fret—we've been there, too. We've wondered when and how to have the defining the relationship talk so that we could advance the situationship...or what we thought might've been a situationship. We've encountered mighty-long talking stages before actually meeting in real life. And yes, we've done more analyzing than we physically thought possible. 

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