6 signs your relationship is actually a 'situationship'
You’ve heard the term ‘situationship’ a lot lately. It seems to come up fairly often when Gen-Z kids talk about the lack of commitment they’re getting from their partners and you seem to think–’ well, that ain’t me’.
And hopefully, this isn’t you. We hope that anyone who’s reading this comes to the end of the list and discovers that their relationship isn’t, in fact, a situationship.
But if you’ve been having your doubts recently–and they’ve been a little sketchy for some time now–it might be worth running through these six markers to tell if you’re actually in a situationship; just haven’t cracked the code yet…
1. There’s no growth
It often feels like the future does not exist; or, at least, the person you’re with doesn’t seem to want to discuss it. They dismiss it when you bring it up, or table it for later, but they’ve never taken the time or the opportunity to DTR (Define The Relationship). And, if you feel like you’re pretty much exactly where you were a few months (or, God forbid, years ago), there’s a pretty solid chance you’re in a situationship, honey.
2. You don’t have real conversations
Your talk is mostly either a) small or b) dirty. If you don’t know anything about them that really matters–even if you’ve been together for a while–then that’s something you should definitely consider when you call it a ‘relationship’ with great confidence. Read More…