5. Treats you with respect.
Doesn’t make fun of things you like or want to
do.
Never puts you down.
Doesn’t get angry if you spend time with your
friends or family.
Listens to your ideas and compromise
sometimes.
Isn’t excessively negative.
6. Shares some of your interests such as movies,
sports, reading, dancing or music.
Isn’t afraid to share their thoughts and feelings.
Is comfortable around your friends and family.
Is proud of your accomplishments and successes.
7. Respects your boundaries and does not abuse
technology.
Doesn’t require you to “check in” or need to know
where you are all the time.
Doesn’t pressure you to do things that you don’t want
to do.
Doesn’t constantly accuse you of cheating or being
unfaithful.
8. Is caring and honest.
Encourages you to do well in university or at work.
Doesn’t threaten you or make you feel scared.
Understands the importance of healthy relationships.
10. Dating is a part of the human mating process
whereby two people meet socially
for companionship, beyond the level of friendship,
or with the aim of each assessing the other's
suitability as a partner in an intimate
relationship or marriage.
11. It can be a form of courtship consisting of social
activities done by the couple. While the term has
several meanings, it usually refers to the act of
meeting and engaging in some mutually agreed
upon social activity in public, together, as a couple.
12. DIFFERENT MEANINGS OF THE TERM
the most common refers to a trial period in which two
people explore whether to take the relationship further
towards a more permanent relationship; in this sense,
dating refers to the time when people are physically
together in public as opposed to the earlier time period in
which people are arranging the date, perhaps by
corresponding by email or text or phone.
13. Another meaning of the term dating is to describe a stage in a
person's life when he or she is actively pursuing romantic
relationships with different people.
If two unmarried celebrities are seen in public together, they
are often described as "dating" which means they were seen in
public together, and it is not clear whether they are merely
friends, exploring a more intimate relationship, or are
romantically involved.
14.
15. A related sense of the term is when two people have
been out in public only a few times but have not yet
committed to a relationship; in this
sense, dating describes an initial trial period and can
be contrasted with "being in a committed
relationship".
