The 8 Stages of Dating 

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1- Liking them 2- Realizing they don’t like me 3- Trying not to cry 4- Cry

"Stage 7, doubts usually start to creep in after a few years" Well I must be a speedrunner because the doubts creep in after a week.

I think my relationships go more like: 1. Attraction 2. Learning more about each other 3. Building comfort and trust 4. Realising I was just imagining it

Me: Enters a relationship Also Me: *Jumps straight to the doubting stage*

The most important relationship in life is the one with the person that you see in the *mirror*

Me: All I want are snuggles But all I get are struggles

Stage 1: Attraction Stage 2: Learning more about eachother Stage 3: Building Trust Stage 4: Meeting her boyfriend

1.) attraction 2.) learning more about them 3.) building trust 4.) waking up and realizing you’re going to die alone

Dating stages: exist Me: can't relate

I never found the guy at frist attractive it was more like when he started talking to me and then I started like him. Then later I realised he was good looking.

Stage 1: Attraction Stage 2: Learning more about them Stage 3: Building comfort and trust Stage 4: Finding out she already has a boyfriend

As a person with really low self-esteem, I went through the doubt stage through the whole relationship. But as the relationship progressed, I was more confident about myself and got through the stage. After year and half, it's easy to say that this stage is behind me even though it seems surreal. I have to say one thing though... I'm lucky. From my point of view it's hard to find someone who would accept you the way you are, won't rush things, and respect your fears and help you overcome them

Yo, literally everybody in this comment section is single.

1- attraction 2- learning more about them 3- building comfort and trust 4- actually going on dates 5- seduction 6- the honeymoon phase 7- the doubting phase 8- commitment and stability

Stage 1: Attraction Stage 2: Learning more from each other Stage 3: Waking up

Stage 1: Liking them Stage 2: Them liking me back Stage 3: Waking up from my dream

0:36 attraction 1:05 learning more about them 1:29 building comfort and trust 2:04 actually going on dates 2:32 seduction 3:07 the honeymoon phase 3:47 the doubting phase 4:33 commitment and stablity

Dating stages: exist Covid-19: "I'm about to end this man's whole career"

I'm in my first relationship right now, but with my boyfriend, I think the first time I started to have true romantic feelings for him was on our first date. Even though I was definitely starting to like him before that, I think that realization really set in as I got to know him better. Being attracted to someone's personality is definitely the most important part, and I'd say looks are just a bonus.

We've started dating today, but we've already shared many intimate moments over the last month or so. I realize now that emotions and attraction come and go and are not true love. Love is an action, not a feeling. I accept that there are going to be days where I don't really WANT to be with her. But I don't view love as waiting for "the one". All that matters is that you have the same core beliefs and direction in life. If you are religious, then she needs to be. If you're an atheist, don't marry a Christian, because that will cause you two to fight and be pushing separate directions. Remember, relationships are supposed to be a MUTUAL EFFORT, not a "competition". You're supposed to go the same direction, not play tug of war. That's the whole meaning behind being unequally yoked. I personally am a Christian, and she is too. I'm not saying there aren't feelings of attraction, because there are. Whenever I hold her in my arms as we're watching a movie, I get much pleasure from that. It's very intimate, and I love protecting her and allowing her to let her guard down. In short, I've come to realize that love isn't about those feelings of infatuation. It's a part, sure, but love is primarily about sacrificing and giving yourself fully to another person, willing their good DESPITE their flaws, and a partnership. You two will be "coworkers" in the job of your choosing. Do you want to travel together and help the world? Do you want to raise a family together? Do you want to build a community? Now you have a partner to do that with. Edit: We broke up Friday.

"(...) Physical touch is incredibly effective when it comes to building trust" *Cries in social distancing*

Relationships are harder than dark souls.

The regular relationship works like that for me: 1. General liking 2. Approaching the other person, narrowing down the environmental distance 3. Getting to know them 4. Asking them out on activities, such as hiking, going to the movies, ice cream, looking for books A.K.A dates 5. Telling them what I like them for, attributes I like 6. Meeting them in the evening for a drink or for a walk 7. Asking them if they're comfortable with me coming up after some time of doing so 8. Watching series together at their place 9. Asking for a sleepover on the couch or in their bed, if they're curious enough, snuggling a little bit/just enjoying their proximity 10. Starting to touch their wrist or wind their hair 11. Kissing and touching 12. Getting to know the other ones body in further detail...🌷 13. The euphoric stuff 14. Rewarding them at some occasions such as an anniversary with a weekend in some hotel that is located somewhere interesting 15. Basically doing stuff together that you grew into doing together, travelling for holidays together. 16. Never got to this stage yet. Any tips? All my relationships held for 2 years and a couple months and they all ended on the same line 'It's not your fault, I don't feel it anymore. You've been ever so grateful to me, but I can't keep this up' Any initiative to be taken?

I’ve never felt what it’s like to actually be in a relationship with someone before so this helped me understand a bit more

i just wanna say: *its okay to not have a relationship like this! it’s ok to skip stages, it’s ok to not have a seduction stage or not do passionate/sexual things at all!! your relationship is valid regardless if it fits this specific mold !!* i love the video tho i just ;; i feel like it treats this as the only option which it’s totally not

Who's single here and trying to get ready for a relationship but cant find one? No one?... Well i guess im still alone

I’m pretty much over dating. I’ve been hurt to much and at this point hurting other girls is almost a way of healing.

This was a pretty good video! Haven't been in a relationship longer than 3 months so I'll definitely try to remember these phases when the time is right, God willing. Thank you!

*No one:* *Me:* "Cries in single"

Right now, I think I'm between the "building trust" and the "seduction" phase, but I think we started that too early, and now we are building that kind of trust even more stronger. He gets me so well and understand what I'm going thru. I love him

1. Learning more about them -typically when it's in a place we happen to talk about interests; work, online, mutual friend groups, etc. 2. Continuing to learn more about them. I.e. talking about our different interests. 3. Actually going on dates. 4. Building comfort and trust 5. Attraction 6. Getting serious -like talking about the future and feeling like we could be together. 7. Doubts -mainly worrying that I'm not enough (purely a me thing that wasn't caused by the other person. Though it has been caused by others before sooo) 8. Stability. -in that we are ably to get over anything together and feel like we basically are a pair. Like shoes, you need both.

TALK to your partner if you're in the doubting phase. And if you truly love your partner, other couples on the internet don't matter and don't affect you.

I feel like these steps probably apply for people who are generally mentally and emotionally healthy. As a person with severe anxiety, depression, and a background of trauma, my relationships seem to follow a similar timeline but, for example, the "doubting" phase is constant and it's not because I'm with the wrong partner, it's because there are things I need to work through. Learning to trust is also very, very slow and the comfort of being vulnerable does not come until later. I'm also dating someone I became friends with first and became attracted to later. There may be a general pattern with human relationships, but there is no norm that everyone should follow or a way every relationship should look. Work on being your best self!

"Stage 7. Doubts usually start to creep in after a few years" Is it strange that I'm on stage 7 after 4 months? 🤔🤔🤔

Woww... this vid came in the right time! I've watched this before and at that time it was the honeymoon phase. Watching this in the doubting phase made me realise that it's normal. It is something that every couple is going to go thru. We've already been 5 going to 6 years together. I love him to bits now and i think im willing to change to accommodate him more. I'm just not sure on his part.

8 is such a random number. But somehow this video justifies it perfectly.

step 9: realizing i’ll die alone

This channel is beyond a doubt the most realistic, most relatable and most appropriate source of resources to guide u through life. And just the most amazingly relaxing narrator of all time. Such a pleasure to listen to any of these videos. 3:31

This is awesome. Great info to learn and may be even pratice from. Thank you for posting this

When I first met my girlfriend almost 6 years ago in Gr10 of high school we instantly clicked as friends. It was the first time I wasn't as shy with someone before and we became the best of friends. Honestly I didn't know I was attracted to her because at that time I didn't think that I was anything but heterosexual (god was I wrong there heh). We know each other inside and out and really love each other dearly. I've been in love with her for 4 years before I got the confidence of telling her how much I love her. We recently celebrated our first anniversary ❤️

3rd and 101% of us who are watching aren’t even in a relationship

I heard of a 9th stage that accrues around 7years, this is where you seek that sensation of being new like when the relationship first started. And there are many ways to get through it and just as many for it to tear your relationship apart.

The first couple stages actually happened for me when I was very young, mainly the second stage around 6-7, and I hanged around the first couple stages until we finally got into our relationship 6 months ago ❤

Most relationships now a days exist only because people are afraid of being alone and not love

1)liking them 2)them liking me back 3) me getting scared and going back in my shell

I’ve been with my SO for 6 months. We were actually roommates for 6 months and started dating 3 months into living together. I definitely think that the timeframe for us was different and some of the stages were mixed. I’ve definitely had doubts about it but for the past 2 months I think we both have felt very close and secure. We are currently doing long distance but we still grow closer everyday no matter how far we are from each other. ♥️

I just recently lost my longest relationship of 2 years to the doubting phase, I don't quite know why i clicked on this video but it's good to know that even though it hurts, it's one of the most common phases for things to fall through. I wish it could have gone a different way but, it is what it is.

The 5 Stages of Love 1. *Denial* 2. *Anger* 3. *Bargaining* 4. *Depression* 5. *Acceptance*

I had a girlfriend that pushed me into the 7th stage in less than a month. When I broke up with her, she started stalking me. It was crazy. Thank God for the support that I got.

for me id say i go like this attraction getting to know each other learning boundaries seduction going on dates learning about what hurts them and what makes them feel good emotionally worrying stage realizing ur both fit for each other and continue to date / or realizing it wont work out !!

Im 9 months in and just started my doubting. I know I love him but oh boi never went through this before and jeez its hard. But he is always there to listen and give me support 💜

There are stages of dating? Me during the video: Don't get depressed, don't get depressed, don't get depressed, ah crap.

"Where did you meet your date?" *laughs in fOREVER ALONE*

This was really beautiful and helpful. I’m inching back into dating and this helps me figure out what healthy dating looks like for me. Thank you.

Stage 1: Single sided attraction Stage 2: Never talking to them

real stages: 1 liking someone 2 the person liking me back 3 me losing interest

Your voice is so soooo pretty and calming!

I think mine goes more like: 1. ATTRACTION 2. Either I chicken out or somehow we build comfort and trust 3. I think about them constantly 4. Doubting phase 5. Eventual decline, crash and burn, and explosion of the relationship Thank you everyone for coming to my reenactment of... WWIII

Depression: How long have we been dating? Over 5 years now? Anxiety: Pfft small number that is. I've been with him since the age of 10. goodness 1k likes?

Narrator: And probably do projects together..... who knows, maybe a family.. Me: WOAH buddy

That will help my relationship a lot thank you for making this wonderful video

i feel that my relationship (of a year) has gotten out of the honeymoon phase 7 months ago. we are in the doubting stage, but i feel we are in a good place have gotten past certain doubts but there are definitely more challenges to come because they possibly could be going off and joining the airforce this summer, and i still have two more years of high school left, and it is long distance. we got the opportunity to meet for the first time in october and i almost feel like that replenished another , smaller, honeymoon stage, but yet i still comfortable and trust and know them as i did before, i just yearn a little extra right now after i have just had a taste and first feeling of their physical touch. but seeing them again very soon and am very excited!!

2018: alone 2019: alone 2020: alone Me on 4th January 2020: alone still but has a dog to keep me company because relationships are not as strong as a pets love.

I’ve got exiting news, IM ACTUALLY IN A RELATIONSHIP!!!! Edit: thanks for being so sweet I really appreciate so much!!. I hope your all having an amazing day keep your chin up :) x

This applies best to mentally healthy people I feel like. It's mostly the same for me, but from trauma and shit, doubt is always present, along with my partner. We're very comfortable together still, reassuring each other constantly. And honestly, I wouldn't really want it any other way

Very helpful video! And the animation was charming.

I'm at stage -10: realizing I'm going to have to live with myself all my life.

It is so nice to know that the doubting phase is normal. My partner and I are coming out of the end of it right now, and it is very comforting to know that this stage was not a sign that we do not work as a couple. :)

This video gives me so much comfort in my (current) dubting phase... thank you

I strongly relate to this one.. Unfortunately or fortunately I am in doubt phase after 2 years now. Hope we can overcome because we are so happy together.

i feel like the stages are a bit different for me, for instance: 1. learn about them 2. build trust 3. develop attraction 4. recognize your love is unrequited 5. grieving period 6. recovery phase

I’m personally at Stage 0: not even being attracted to a single person atm Edit: managed to get to stage 1 for a bit but she didn’t feel the same so now I’m back at 0

Well, that list is quite for people who are really ready for it and really know what they ask for. However, the majority just have relationships to ease the fear of being alone or to feed a personal need like finding an older person to fulfill their parent issues or the just seek for financial support. It takes a really high amount of time to control our dark sides and be emotionally stable in order to stay in a long life relationship and also marriage does not mean that after that peoples' life is perfect. Marriage is the ultimate challenge to keep everything in line. So, at least for me this list is not so realistic or reliable. But still is a wonderful work snd thank you for sharing this content. In general your channel helped me to figure out many things about myself and humans. So, Thank you 🙏🏼❤️

I thought people were head over heels for the people they dated from the very start, which worried me a lot, this is very reassuring!

for everyone who is talking abt how single and sad they are, everything's gonna be fine, i was very sad after a being in a toxic and mentally and physically abusing relationship, but when i stoped looking for a relationship i got to know the most amazing and genuine human being and i love him a lot. it definitely changed my life so much and it happened so random. so don't worry, you'll meet that one person sooner or later and it will probably be when you'll expect it the least sending love to everyone

I’m single and it’s 5 am and I haven’t slept yet. :|

Thanks This Video Was Very Helpful It So Good If Someone Is Thinking Of A Relationship I Super Enjoyed Watching This Video.

If you have a long term relationship that started very young, be prepared for a hard slog to keep it going. You're both going to change a lot over the years, especially through college, (don't even get me started on how tough long distance can be), but it's worth it to see the person they become. It's hard, having dated my person since I was 14, and just being split from them during college years, having to watch how much they're changing through the years. I don't know what it's going to be like, having to basically meet this whole new person after 4 years, but I think it's going to be worth it. So, for any young couples out there who want a future together, just know, you will both change. maybe not anything so drastic, but you will both change, hopefully into better people, who will love each other even more. I know that it's been worth it for us to keep going , and I hope it continues to be. It's hard, but definitely worth it.

My boyfriend and I stayed in the first 3 stages for a year, we were both shy and slowlyyy getting comfy with each other, and now we’ve been dating for a year at this end of this month 💕

Step 1: Approach the girl Step 2: Get rejected That sums up my dating life, I’m 32 and still a virgin 🙆🏻‍♂️

I think where it can get dangerous is when steps are leapt over. It can create a confusion in even the best relationships if you're not careful.

I'm on my building comfort and trust stage right now! I can't wait to actually going on dates with them :)

When you've never been in a relationship, but watch the video anyway🤷😂 Gotta be prepared 💪💓💘

1.Attraction 2. Learning more about them 3. Building comfort and trust 4. Actually going on dates 5. Seduction 6. The Honeymoon phase 7. Doubts 8. Commitment and stability

this seems fitting to watch after asking a girl out and her also asking me out but for a different thing at the same time. We are doing stuff this Saturday so wish me luck

who ever talked behind this video, god your voice is soooooo soothing and I always listen it to sleep 😭

8 stages of dating: stage 1: meeting this super cute dude who’s so nice and respectful stage 2: getting flirted with stage 3: getting left on read a lot ✌🏻 dunno why but it makes me sad

I keep seeing relationship videos pop up in my feed and it’s psyching me out. I kinda messed around and fell in love my freshman year of college and I’m scared for the significant possibility that it’ll end, because he’s one of the most incredible people I’ve ever met and I didn’t know I could feel this much.

Lol I’m currently trying to get to stage two and finally talk to my crush, this video is pretty helpful in understanding how stages in dating work

i will keep here as a log for my future (?) :') relationship with my current crush attraction, the first stage began around the end of December '21 learning more about each other and building trust stages took place at the same time as soon as we started talking I guess it was around the beginning of February '22 (hope I can come here and update with the other stages soon :'D)

no one: literally no one: me: using her voice just to calm me

Stages of tinder dating: 1. Slide into dms 2. Meet up 3. Sex

it’s great that at first i was just watching heart break videos and rejection videos and now i’m watching relationship videos

Been with my man for 10 years. :) We went through all of these phases. He even proposed 3 years into our relationship and I turned him down. I wasn't ready. He proposed again last month and I said yes! Love is patient.

depression when I realized that we’re in the doubting stage and didn’t even get the seduction phase because we’re long distance

*This makes me sad. I'll never even get to the first stage.*

I think becoming friends to lovers is the best way. because you already know each other, you already have that bond, you know their sense of humor. I feel anxious around a person that I have a crush on but I'm not friends with. I don't know how to act around them. I don't know what kind of a person they are so I don't know if I should trust them or not. sometimes I feel strong attraction to a person I see for the first time but it goes away easy. it's not same with falling for a person who is already your friend. it feels more intimate and I feel more comfortable because I already know and trust them

I'm a the beginning of stage 4 now since my cruch is coming over this saturday for the first time and we're going to do a Hobbit marathon. I'm so exited

Me: *SORRY BUT, EDUCATION FIRST*