In today's generation, relationships are beyond confusing. In my opinion, if two people love one another, there is absolutely no reason for them to not be together. However, in today's society people often give their “relationships” all types of different titles and names instead of simply calling it dating. Our society goes through four different types of phases until they are finally together. Here, are the four phases of a relationship from a girls perspective.
1. The "talking” phase
The pre-phase of your future relationship. This involves a once in a while text, Snapchat or maybe even a, drunk, 2 a.m., FaceTime call. The “talking” phase has the girl constantly checking her phone for a notification from her significant other. Often, the girl will remember her crush's schedule and go out of her way to “accidentally” bump into him there as if she had no idea. She will also be on 24/7 watch for a new Instagram post and most certainty will be checking who has liked it. She will become close with his best guy friends to show off her personality, praying that his friends tell her crush about how cool she is. The "talking" phase makes girls go crazy due to built up tension and question of, “Does he really like me?”
2. The "hooking up” phase
As the text messages, Snapchats and calls progress, the guy may ask the head-over-heels-in love girl to “hang out." See, in todays generation “hanging out” is the equivalence of hooking up. The hooking up phase makes us girls nervous due to not knowing if the guy is just telling us what we want to hear, as well as if he is saying the same things to a different girl. To girls, this phase has much more meaning to it than it does to a guy. This is when the girl develops strong feelings due to spending time together. Hooking up puts the girl into a very confused state of mind due to not knowing if the guy is serious about her or if he is just using her.
3. The "having a thing” phase
The awkward stage of not knowing what to say once people ask if you are dating, in girl language, is referred to as “having a thing." This is when the girl starts to worry if the guy will ask her out to be his girlfriend or if things will just end. Now the girl will want to spend all of her time with her significant other and keep on waiting for him to make it official. Having a thing is awkward and unfair because there are no rules for neither the guy nor girl, although us, girls, would do anything to have that person just to ourselves.
4. The "dating” phase
The phase that has been dragged on since the day the girl and guy have started talking. If you have made it this far, congratulations! This is when the girl is content with her relationship with the one guy she truly wants to be with. After all, love is the best feeling, in my opinion, that an individual may feel. Be happy, love one another and never forget how important your relationship truly is.
