Invariably if the person I’m speaking to has been single at any point in the last decade, then yes, they know exactly what I mean, because if there’s one scenario that’s become endemic amongst myself and my peers, it’s our inability to define a relationship after the first five or six dates. Is it too soon to refer to someone as your boyfriend? If you’ve been on 12 dates with someone, you really don’t still want to be seeing other people do you?

But if you’re not seeing anyone else, and you’re seeing a lot of each other what on earth is it if it’s not a relationship?

She said, "We've been seeing each other on and off for two years!

Earlier this year, The New York Times published an article called “The End of Courtship?What is the difference between "Seeing someone" and "Dating someone"? Logically speaking, a relationship should progress from being open and inclusive of all possibilities to one of exclusive nature with one person. I think if you are searching for exclusivity, then you should ask for it (or rather, ask for where you stand in the relationship in regards to this matter). Is this in order, "Dating It's all semantics which are defined differently according to each and every person's social constructs.But then again, this is not the norm everywhere, nor is it the only possibility.