Within the ‘good, outdated days’, it was comparatively straightforward to outline your relationship standing. Regarding the conference of your Fb standing, you would select from single, in a relationship, engaged, married, or it’s sophisticated. Nonetheless, because the courting panorama has developed through the years, as of late, it’s laborious to maintain monitor of all of the out there phrases to outline one’s relationship standing. They’ve friends-with-benefits, polycules, monogamish relationships, booty calls, and situational relationships, often known as, ‘Situationships’.
Now, at the present time the place we’re uncovered to assembly extra individuals via totally different means – assume, courting apps, occasions, social media – the concept of not conforming to a critical relationship is changing into much more mainstream. Now, with extra singletons delaying marriage and specializing in their lives based on their wants, needs and values, they typically discover themselves juggling with the occasional ‘gray’ space in a relationship that they don’t particularly get pleasure from.
However out of all of the complicated conundrums that we all know, the most typical sort of relationship standing that’s changing into more and more in style amongst the neighborhood right here in Singapore is a situationship. Actually, based on Tinder’s current Yr in Swipe report for 2022, there was a 49% improve globally in members embracing “situationship” as the brand new relationship intention.*
Whereas the time period has been round for fairly a while, many are nonetheless unaware of what a situationship really means. Forward, we spoke to some skilled courting coaches together with Andrea Tan, Bumble’s intercourse, love and intimacy professional, and Dr. Angela Tan, intimacy coach and Founding father of the Academy of Relationship & Intercourse to listen to extra about what a situationship is and how one can go about setting boundaries along with your companion.
Supply: Her World