[NGTM-1R]

After surveying the recent disaster of a relationship advice thread, I want empirical evidence anybody here is qualified to speak before the next one rolls around.

'fess up you slackers!

[Retsof]

I confess that I was not qualified to speak... but then I didn't did I?

[Scotty]

Nothing.  Still hopeful, and probably closer than I've been for a long time, but I don't want to push things.

[TESLA]

dating, six years,


Has its ups and downs,


like all things in life

[iamzack]

3-months? Personally, I consider anything under 6 months to be a "fling" and not really a relationship.

Also, why is there nothing between 3 months and engaged? That's a little effed up.

[Blue Lion]

I've seen people date for years and not get engaged. That list is a little short for the longer relationships.

[JMN]

Brief dating.
1 to 10 months, sometimes parallel.

[iamzack]

IMHO: ought to be like nothing, brief dating, six months, 1-2 years, 2+ years, engaged, married

[Blue Lion]

Which may speak to some poll maker's experience......

*runs*

[Nuclear1]

Relationships are no bueno.

Lots of sex is muy bueno.

[General Battuta]

The two are not remotely incompatible.

[iamzack]

Except for when they are. And I can tell you all about that misery. >.<

[NGTM-1R]

3-months? Personally, I consider anything under 6 months to be a "fling" and not really a relationship.

Also, why is there nothing between 3 months and engaged? That's a little effed up.

I've seen people date for years and not get engaged. That list is a little short for the longer relationships.

Three months is, I think, a suitable time to demonstrate sustained commitment. I'm trying to gauge if a person is capable of sustained commitment without driving their significant other crazy.

...so three months is all I assume I need to prove or disprove that point. If you have a different view on proving or disproving it, please say so.

I will change the pole to better convey my point.

Which may speak to some poll maker's experience......

Nine months.

[iamzack]

I did say so. Calling 3 months of commitment a relationship is just silly. Especially as age increases and one graduates from high school.

[Scotty]

Why?  Why is three months too much of an arbitrarily small amount to be considered a relationship?  Hell, if you're going out for one month, there are still relations there.  Hence, the term relationship.

[iamzack]

For the same reason that 10 years is a ridiculously long time to a 20 year old, but not to a 70 year old.

3 months to a 12 year old might be a significant amount of time for a relationship to go on, but at 25?

[NGTM-1R]

I did say so. Calling 3 months of commitment a relationship is just silly. Especially as age increases and one graduates from high school.

I changed it again before you posted.

[iamzack]

Ooh, good avoidance of arbitrary time limits.

[Mr. Vega]

Stop slandering women, all of you. Coming from someone who is actually friends with a number of them, maybe if you weren't sexist assholes then the ones worth knowing might actually talk to you. From my experience the average woman is a hell of a lot nicer and more trustworthy than the average man. Probably (in real world, everyday terms) smarter too. Whatever. Blame me for having a feminist of a mother. And two older sisters who were ridiculously successful out of high school - I'm pretty much the black sheep of the family.

[General Battuta]

Oh, and by the way, stop slandering women, all of you. Coming from someone who is actually friends with a number of them, maybe if you weren't sexist assholes then the ones worth knowing might actually talk to you.

Quoted for goddamn truth.