This can be a problem itself -- when it's not clear if what you're doing is a date or hanging out as friends. If you want to go on a date with someone, I think it helps to use that word when you're asking.
It’s helpful specifically because so many people try to do the friendship-then-romance thing. It sucks to think you’re making a friend and then it turns out they’ve been working up to a romance the whole time when you’re not interested. A lot of the time, they will just break off the relationship altogether
I get to know if we're compatible by dating. Like, that is literally the point of dating is finding out if you are compatible. What's a friendly date? a date is a date, no two ways about it.
its just you and another person doing an activity or hanging out together without any expectation of romantic action. light flirtatious touching and cute eye glances is probably the furthest you would go. they're nice there's no pressure try to "make the move" and you can just vibe with eachother.
now maybe you'd say "that's just being friends" but tbh these days I feel like going out and getting dinner (or something similar) with someone 1-on-1 for a few hours can be pretty emotionally intimate. I don't think I would be comfortable doing that with most of my "normal" friends, as we almost always socialize in groups.
That is just being friends. When someone is really past the stage of acquaintance in good terms into a real friend we hang out one on one frequently. I find it easier to just hang out with one person because I don't have to try to divide my attention or be just as funny and engaging to multiple people. If I just wanna chat with friend A all night, I don't have to worry about excluding friend B this way.
Also, I am not touching someone I'm not explicitly dating but could be. We might be in different age groups, or just different subcultures, but it would be very weird, intrusive behavior to just be touching someone that I might be interested from their point of view.
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This can be a problem itself -- when it's not clear if what you're doing is a date or hanging out as friends. If you want to go on a date with someone, I think it helps to use that word when you're asking.
It’s helpful specifically because so many people try to do the friendship-then-romance thing. It sucks to think you’re making a friend and then it turns out they’ve been working up to a romance the whole time when you’re not interested. A lot of the time, they will just break off the relationship altogether
I get to know if we're compatible by dating. Like, that is literally the point of dating is finding out if you are compatible. What's a friendly date? a date is a date, no two ways about it.
its just you and another person doing an activity or hanging out together without any expectation of romantic action. light flirtatious touching and cute eye glances is probably the furthest you would go. they're nice there's no pressure try to "make the move" and you can just vibe with eachother.
now maybe you'd say "that's just being friends" but tbh these days I feel like going out and getting dinner (or something similar) with someone 1-on-1 for a few hours can be pretty emotionally intimate. I don't think I would be comfortable doing that with most of my "normal" friends, as we almost always socialize in groups.
That is just being friends. When someone is really past the stage of acquaintance in good terms into a real friend we hang out one on one frequently. I find it easier to just hang out with one person because I don't have to try to divide my attention or be just as funny and engaging to multiple people. If I just wanna chat with friend A all night, I don't have to worry about excluding friend B this way.
Also, I am not touching someone I'm not explicitly dating but could be. We might be in different age groups, or just different subcultures, but it would be very weird, intrusive behavior to just be touching someone that I might be interested from their point of view.