How do your relationships start?

[onewingedangel666]

I've been wondering how most people end up "dating. Many people in my school never go on dates, they just decide they are together. I for one think you need to go on a few dates before you can say you're "with" someone.

[Emerald Dream]

It's a combination of the two. As I have gotten a little bit older and moved out of high school - it's been going on dates and saying "we are dating."

In every case though, I have been the one who has been approached initially. I've never had the nerve to ask first with anyone I have been interested in.

[Uranus]

It's basically either the girl just simply asks me to be in a relationship with her or vise versa. One time it just happened.

[Magenta]

For me, it's neither. I have to be friends with someone first before I'll even consider dating them. Of course, this makes things complicated when I fall for friends but... that's just how it works for me. I can't just casually date, I don't like it.

And after awhile, if something comes out of it, we're usually together after a date or two because we've known each other a lot longer already.

Hell, I've had people ask me "would you want to be my girlfriend" even if we haven't been "dating" per se but are just really, really close friends. And to me, that's fine. Then we go on silly dates after.

[Cognizant]

I base it off time, tbh. During my first and "legit" relationship where I considered my partner my boyfriend, it kinda just happened after a month or so and started to tell our friends and family about each other.
My second date actually "asked" me out, but I don't really understand the concept of asking someone to be your boyfriend/girlfriend at all. If you start out dating them and you're not a two-timer douche, you're already in a way committed to them. Or at least for me, when I'm dating someone I don't really start looking into other people until I get bored with the initial person. So why would you need to confirm with your partner that you can start calling eachother boyfriend/girlfriend? If they're uninterested in you, they're going to say "sorry, this isn't working out" either way.
The only reason I called my first boyfriend, "boyfriend," was because I felt like we established the fact that we both like each other enough to stick around for a while and to make it sound more official than saying "we're dating."
Cause you still date your boyfriend or girlfriend.

Idk if I'm making sense, it's 11:30 pm and I've been up since 6:30 this morning. I'm a bit burnt out. :P

[CharlieHorse]

usually i perform an intricate mating dance (http://i.imgur.com/98BbqFr.gif), and then sing a song (http://adventures-in-zookeeping.tumblr.com/post/102332562148/sydney-is-a-pro-at-her-behavior) to attract the females (http://www.kimballstock.com/pix/COW/02/COW_02_KH0016_01_P.JPG)

[maniamsmart]

With the exception of some, in school, there are children. Children have parents. Parents are protective. Children won't go on dates.

In school it tends to be no going out but just asking out. Anywhere else, it tends to be actually going out somewhere. Why? Because you're already going somewhere in school, and you're together there, I think that's another reason why many don't go out. Could be wrong though.

[onewingedangel666]

usually i perform an intricate mating dance (http://i.imgur.com/98BbqFr.gif), and then sing a song (http://adventures-in-zookeeping.tumblr.com/post/102332562148/sydney-is-a-pro-at-her-behavior) to attract the females (http://www.kimballstock.com/pix/COW/02/COW_02_KH0016_01_P.JPG)

This made my day.

[churris]

Well, it can definitely be different for each one. In my case, we were flirting waaay before we went to an official date. And even so, I was the one to ask him out to eat something together, but it wasn't like "I am asking you on a date, I like you, let's be boyfriend and girlfriend". But you know, hang out alone. I considered us dating since that first outing, but we didn't tell people or say bf/gf for like the first month (gladly we were just starting winter break and so we had time to go out and see how good/bad we were together without the pressure of labeling our relationship), and that worked perfectly for us, but I understand how other people may feel different about it.

[Steve Jobs]

A lot of talking, endless and senseless humor, many deep conversations. We realized we were so much alike and it kind of just happened :P I don't really know who hinted to who first about the fact we were both into each other, but it just happened :wub:

[JerseyGuy]

It kinda just develops.

[Zachary G]

its a combination of the two for me; my bf asked me to hang out with him a few times before he came to me with the prospect of being boyfriends.

[Melodic]

Usually one of us just asks if they want to be in a relationship before any dates. I will note that I usually have already gotten to know them before I got into a relationship.

[CanadianJake]

Truthfully I gotta be honest I wish things were still the traditional way like back in the old days, where you just asked someone out on a date for a while. You didn't call it a steady relationship but you did go out dating. Sadly many of the old traditions were a fad then now people are just jumping right into a relationship for the sake of jumping into one, I'm not saying everyone is like that but it just seems like most are jumping in a relationship and then a week later they break up. Most relationships should be built up by dating firstly instead of going into one then date. That's my opinion anyways, I think everyone is different though. Whatever works for them I don't judge, I just prefer the old method of dating then officially calling it a relationship.

[DoodleSnap]

We started out as close friends, lots of hugging, and then over time we came to terms with our almost hidden love for each other, and then one day she kissed me; after that I was head-over-heels :D

[maniamsmart]

We started out as close friends, lots of hugging, and then over time we came to terms with our almost hidden love for each other, and then one day she kissed me; after that I was head-over-heels :D

Sounds like a classic love story.