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What is the difference between dating and being together
I'm a 17 years old male
My question is what is the difference between dating, boyfriend and girlfriend, and when a girl says she is together with you. I have met this girl of the same age as me and we started to get to know for about nine months. In that time I admitted I liked her, which caught her by surprise, but she started to begin to like me. I asked her out but she didn't respond because she didn't want to lose me as a friend or something ,but at the same time wanted to. So i asked her to the dance and she said yes in a flash despite the bunch of guys that asked her. Were both awkward people so we decided to learn to be closer to each-other for the dance, like holding hands and stuff. After the dance we continued this but started to kiss and stuff so i asked her if we were dating and she said no but that we were together. She told me it was too complicated with everything in her life that was happening to be dating but she said we were together. She then explained that being together had everything that a boyfriend and girlfriend could do just a different title, so she said we are indirectly dating. My question still remains what is the difference, because being together is like were dating but when people asks her if were are dating she says were not dating but that we are together.
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Hmmmm, I'm older and Idk much about kids lingo but to me it would seem that what she's saying is... She wants you all to be casual friends who are not committed to each other and there are no rules about your relationship. I would call that "casual dating," meaning she can go out with you and hang out with you and have fun tonight but hang out with a different guy tomorrow night, and you can do the same with other girls, without breaking any rules. It's not an exclusive relationship like "boyfriend/girlfriend" it's just hangin out and getting to know each other better and keeping it light and having fun. It's actually a great idea. It gives you an opportunity to get to know a lot of different people. You are only 17 so you probably have very limited experience so it's a good way to learn what kinds of traits you find attractive in girls and what kinds of traits turn you off. It helps you to develop skills in communicating with the opposite sex too. Also, girls who aren't in a relationship with you will often be more open with you about what they would be attracted to as a mate and it's sort of like you get to be "in-the-loop" about what women want. It's an amazing opportunity to educate yourself about females. It also gives you freedom so when you find someone special that you want to be exclusive with, then you can still be friends with all the people that you've gotten to know and it's not awkward because they aren't past girlfriends. It's a win/win. Good Luck!!
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