Michelle83 Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 I'm just curious how long most people's dating relationships last? Do you have a lot of 2-6 month and then it fizzles? In my life I've found I either tend to go out with a guy once or twice and that's the end of it, or else I see him for quite a bit longer (unless he ends it of course). I haven't had lot of 'dating' where we date for a few months and then it just ends. Is that pretty common for most people? 1
MrCastle Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Few months of pure passion and then absolutely nothing.
iKING Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 In my adult life (excluding when I was a young, that's a whole other story, what a mess ) Average probably 3-6 months, with the exceptional year or 2 months thrown in there.
Eternal Sunshine Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Couple of months I hardly ever get in deep with anyone these days.
Eternal Sunshine Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Too long... That's because you basically never cut the cord, unless others do it for you :/ 2
MrCastle Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Couple of months I hardly ever get in deep with anyone these days. I'd get deep in you ES
ls32ssibm Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 I've heard on average most relationships end before 5 months. If you make it past the 5 month mark, the hard part begins.
iKING Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 I'd get deep in you That's what she said. Wait.. Whoa.
Eternal Sunshine Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 I expect better from you iKing, of Castle not so much 1
iKING Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 I expect better from you iKing, of Castle not so much It's an old pun in the US from the teen years, any vague remark that had could have been remotely applicable to sex could be followed up with "that's what she said". It just didn't quite fit well there. Rolled with it anyways.
USMCHokie Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 That's because you basically never cut the cord, unless others do it for you :/ Noted. .....
Eternal Sunshine Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Noted. ..... Just something to work on. You will feel much better about yourself if you can make a firm decision and stick with it no matter what.
Eternal Sunshine Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 It's an old pun in the US from the teen years, any vague remark that had could have been remotely applicable to sex could be followed up with "that's what she said". It just didn't quite fit well there. Rolled with it anyways. Heh that's ok I still luv ya :bunny: ....but not as much as archgirl 1
Author Michelle83 Posted March 15, 2013 Author Posted March 15, 2013 Thanks for all the replies, seems a lot of people do hit the 3-6 month range. I think I have a tendency to just end it after the first one or two meets if I don't see really long term potential. I've just done a series of longer term relationships before, or first dates that have gone nowhere. There hasn't been a lot of middle ground .
Divasu Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 One date usually. Otherwise, there were 4 exceptions where it lasted past one date.
EasyHeart Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 When I was in my 20s, most of my relationships were 3-6 months. Then I figured out what I wanted and how to spot it. Now I always say that my relationships are either 3 dates or 3 years.
dasein Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Then I figured out what I wanted and how to spot it. Problem I have is not spotting the type of aardvark I want, but that the aardvark suddenly transforms into a drainage spout 3 months in (no significance to the choices aardvark and drainage spout, just stating a completely bizarre and surprising transformation).
Jane2011 Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 I'm just curious how long most people's dating relationships last? Do you have a lot of 2-6 month and then it fizzles? In my life I've found I either tend to go out with a guy once or twice and that's the end of it, or else I see him for quite a bit longer (unless he ends it of course). I haven't had lot of 'dating' where we date for a few months and then it just ends. Is that pretty common for most people? Same here. If I have something that lasts three months, it has the capacity to last longer, and therefore does. Anything that doesn't make it to three months was likely a very light "relationship" in the first place, grounded in no actual bond. I had a five year relationship end in May 2010, then for two years and two months, I had a bunch of "short-lived involvements." Right now I'm in a relationship of seven months. The short-lived involvements ranged from three weeks to two months, but the two-month things were situations where we'd only see each other three times in the month (because the involvement was shallow). Or, as was the case in my last "short-lived relationship," we saw each other plenty, but it was doomed to end because of an open-relationship situation.
miss_jaclynrae Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 2-3 months. Most of them just 1-2 dates though. About 4 of the guys I dated we dated for 2-3 months. Nothing serious, they were fun though!
Author Michelle83 Posted March 16, 2013 Author Posted March 16, 2013 When I was in my 20s, most of my relationships were 3-6 months. Then I figured out what I wanted and how to spot it. Now I always say that my relationships are either 3 dates or 3 years. This makes sense to me. Maybe explains my behavior a bit more than. I either find I'm really interested and then as long as he doesn't end it, I stick it out for a while, or I know right away it won't work. I don't do the middle 'dating' casually ground all that well. I also really have a hard time multi-dating as well, and I think that's why. At this stage in my life, I'm either fully into it or fully not it seems.
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