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Relationships 101: Are You On The Same Page?
Can you answer this BIG question?! Here it is: WHEN do you start moving from a casual dating arrangement into a committed relationship? A big part of the difficulty in moving from one to the other is knowing if you’re both on the same page.
There are times when some people are simply enjoying the fun, happy dating arrangement that they’ve got. It allows them to enjoy themselves and go out on a non-serious level, all while they’ve got a great friend at their sides.
Unfortunately, when one partner becomes more serious than the other, it can lead to problems.
In many cases, the female in the relationship can sometimes tend to want some form of commitment sooner than the male. Women want to know that their casual dating partner is feeling the same strong feelings as she is and begin trying to push their partner into admitting what feelings might be developing. Of course there are instances where men can fall into this trap too.
The unfortunate part about this kind of behavior is that some men can become seriously turned off by this kind of needy reassurance from a woman he thought was just hanging out and having some fun with.