the.com/talking stage
the situationship's waiting room, where feelings apply but nobody signs anything.
means the ambiguous pre-relationship phase where two people flirt and text constantly but haven't defined what they are.
from emerged from 2010s dating slang as texting and social media stretched courtship into an undefined limbo before anyone had to use the word boyfriend or girlfriend.
durationcan last weeks or spiral into years
death byusually ends via ghosting, not a conversation
peak activity3am texts, zero daytime plans