Poll of the Day > when are you supposed to ask someone you're dating what you actually are

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Nightengale
01/09/18 9:51:06 PM
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i know i've been calling him my boyfriend on here, but the truth is we've never starting calling each other by any terms in particular. but it's been like 3 months now, we talk pretty much every day, see each other 3-4 times a week, i stay at his place all the time... it feels like we're already there!

but at the same time, we're not kids. there was never a "will you go out with me? :3c" moment because it doesn't usually work like that when you're an adult.

idk. this is bugging me more than it should i think
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LinkPizza
01/09/18 9:55:58 PM
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You probably are then. I never started calling the guy I'm seeing my boyfriend, but I suppose that's what we are. You just kinda know sometimes. You don't have to ask. You can if you want. Or introduce him as your boyfriend to somebody. And see if he corrects you or says something later.
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DocDelicious
01/09/18 9:58:25 PM
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You don't, in my experience.

Usually if you have to ask, you're not. Know what I mean?
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Nightengale
01/09/18 10:01:38 PM
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i just like to put terms to things. helps me organize it in my head better.
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Doctor Foxx
01/09/18 10:09:24 PM
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I'd explain how you enjoy this person's company and bring up that you'd like to be exclusive. If it's mutual then there you go. I'd never assume exclusivity these days without an explicit talk.
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wwinterj25
01/09/18 10:14:15 PM
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I'd let them do it first.
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Zeus
01/09/18 10:24:57 PM
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If you have to ask, you aren't.
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SushiSquid
01/09/18 10:30:24 PM
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Call him your boyfriend in front of him. When my wife and I first went out, I insisted it was a date even when she didn't. After a few weeks, I insisted she was my girlfriend even when she wasn't sure yet. Worked fine. Just be confident. Not pushy, just confident. Confidence gets you a lot.

If you aren't sure, just ask him, "You're my boyfriend, right?" See his reaction.
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LinkPizza
01/09/18 10:40:08 PM
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DocDelicious posted...
You don't, in my experience.

Usually if you have to ask, you're not. Know what I mean?

Zeus posted...
If you have to ask, you aren't.

I don't understand how that makes any sense.
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DocDelicious
01/09/18 11:00:30 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
DocDelicious posted...
You don't, in my experience.

Usually if you have to ask, you're not. Know what I mean?

Zeus posted...
If you have to ask, you aren't.

I don't understand how that makes any sense.

Well, usually when people are together...they just are. It's a mutual understanding.

If either partner has to question whether or not you're exclusive, then you're not...one of you has already made up your mind.
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Mead
01/09/18 11:24:13 PM
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When youre comfortable with it
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Nightengale
01/09/18 11:54:39 PM
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you people keep using this word, "exclusive". that is not my appellation. i said "boyfriend"
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Cacciato
01/10/18 12:04:37 AM
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Nightengale posted...
you people keep using this word, "exclusive". that is not my appellation. i said "boyfriend"

for fuck's sake
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wwinterj25
01/10/18 12:07:27 AM
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Nightengale posted...
you people



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Troll_Police_
01/10/18 12:10:54 AM
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Nightengale posted...
i just like to put terms to things. helps me organize it in my head better.


oh yeah, we all know how much you like putting labels on shit bro
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OhhhJa
01/10/18 12:14:26 AM
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LinkPizza posted...
DocDelicious posted...
You don't, in my experience.

Usually if you have to ask, you're not. Know what I mean?

Zeus posted...
If you have to ask, you aren't.

I don't understand how that makes any sense.

It doesn't really. Even for adults (since someone said only kids do this) there comes a point usually after a few months or so where you clarify whether you're exclusively in a relationship or not
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SusanGreenEyes
01/10/18 12:17:23 AM
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Use the words 'boyfriend' and 'date' when you're together and see how he responds.
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trodi_911
01/10/18 12:19:27 AM
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Be straightforward. Just ask and say it's to put your mind at ease about it.
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PK_Spam
01/10/18 12:24:30 AM
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trodi_911 posted...
Be straightforward. Just ask and say it's to put your mind at ease about it.


That

In every relationship Ive had, the early stages always had me taking it 100% seriously after the second or third date. And usually, sometime after that, when were alone, I bring up the Yeah, my friends and I are throwing this party. Youre coming, right? Theyre gonna think its weird if my boyfriend isnt gonna be there and then a short pause and then We ARE dating, right, man? But I only do that when Im already sure its a serious thing. And we throw on the label after.

If its just a casual-ish thing, I dont even bring it up, but I also consciously put in less effort, so its usually obvious its not a real thing.
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Nightengale
01/10/18 12:28:42 AM
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ok thanks everyone. i guess i'm just gonna ask him.

... eventually
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Smarkil
01/10/18 1:54:26 AM
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just ask him to go steady when he takes you to the motel after prom
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Nightengale
01/10/18 3:11:01 AM
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what do you think i am, smarkil, some kinda hussy
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Grendel
01/10/18 4:36:42 AM
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If it bothers you then talk about it. It's not that complicated.
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Nightengale
01/10/18 4:38:47 AM
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it is literally THE most complicated thing ever
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Yellow
01/10/18 4:49:31 AM
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Nightengale posted...
it is literally THE most complicated thing ever

Maybe it's extremely simple but hard to accept.
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Grendel
01/10/18 4:54:54 AM
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Nightengale posted...
it is literally THE most complicated thing ever


No, no it is not. It can be resolved in literally a 45 second conversation.
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Cacciato
01/10/18 5:16:36 AM
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Grendel posted...
Nightengale posted...
it is literally THE most complicated thing ever


No, no it is not. It can be resolved in literally a 45 second conversation.

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EvilMegas
01/10/18 7:31:54 AM
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You a side ho
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GameReviews
01/10/18 7:55:35 AM
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Zeus posted...
If you have to ask, you aren't.

I thought I was "dating" a girl for about 6 months back right after I graduated high school. I was 17 at the time. We never called ourselves boyfriend and girlfriend, but I assumed we were, we went out to dinner together, talked all the time, fucked like crazy. After 6 months I found out that she had fucked literally around 10 other guys during the time we were "dating" and never considered me anything more than a friend with benefits. It destroyed me emotionally at the time.
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EvilMegas
01/10/18 7:59:19 AM
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GameReviews posted...
Zeus posted...
If you have to ask, you aren't.

I thought I was "dating" a girl for about 6 months back right after I graduated high school. I was 17 at the time. We never called ourselves boyfriend and girlfriend, but I assumed we were, we went out to dinner together, talked all the time, fucked like crazy. After 6 months I found out that she had fucked literally around 10 other guys during the time we were "dating" and never considered me anything more than a friend with benefits. It destroyed me emotionally at the time.

Side ho
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GameReviews
01/10/18 8:02:29 AM
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EvilMegas posted...
GameReviews posted...
Zeus posted...
If you have to ask, you aren't.

I thought I was "dating" a girl for about 6 months back right after I graduated high school. I was 17 at the time. We never called ourselves boyfriend and girlfriend, but I assumed we were, we went out to dinner together, talked all the time, fucked like crazy. After 6 months I found out that she had fucked literally around 10 other guys during the time we were "dating" and never considered me anything more than a friend with benefits. It destroyed me emotionally at the time.

Side ho

Back then it was the closest thing to a real relationship I'd had up until that point lol.
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BADoglick
01/10/18 8:36:41 AM
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If you're that nervous about it, it kind of implies that they don't see it that way.

But either way, my suggestion is this.... go out, have him get really really obliterated drunk. Take care of him. If he tells you he loves you, it's official. If he is a drunk slob, takes your help, and doesn't drunkenly confess his love, he's using you. Worked for my girlfriend
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Kyuubi4269
01/10/18 8:41:28 AM
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BADoglick posted...
go out, have him get really really obliterated drunk. Take care of him. If he tells you he loves you, it's official. If he is a drunk slob, takes your help, and doesn't drunkenly confess his love, he's using you. Worked for my girlfriend

God, you have horrendous advice, this is the shit I expect from someone with MPD.
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OhhhJa
01/10/18 10:27:33 AM
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Nightengale posted...
ok thanks everyone. i guess i'm just gonna ask him.

... eventually

Just do it. It's not gonna be a deal breaker just asking something like that and if it is then it wasn't mutual anyway
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