When it comes to relationships I'm definitely no expert, but to me, the "talking" stage of a relationship is so unnecessary. Yes, I understand that people can't just jump right into relationships but when people are "talking" for six months, it gets a little extra. I'm not sure where the title of talking came from, like are you just specifically talking to that one person? Do you not talk to other people in this time period? What is the point of the "talking" stage?

I'm definitely not one to judge how people live their lives, but to me being in the talking stage just feels like you're leading someone on. I respect getting to know someone for a couple of weeks but after that, you should have a good sense of where the relationship is going. One negative I see often with the talking stage is that the relationships usually just fade away like nothing even happened. To me, that sounds pretty harsh. Even if you aren't big on titles or your relationship wasn't serious, I feel like there should be some type of closure.

If you are in the "talking" stage, congratulations... at least you are in somewhat in a relationship. To me, the talking stage is low key friend zoning someone. Like you aren't really sure if you want to date this person so you just keep them on the sidelines. Which is fine but just put yourself in that person's shoes, how would you feel if you were temporary to someone? Probably wouldn't feel too good.

If you are talking to someone and are comfortable with the situation, good for you! There's nothing wrong with it, but I think "talking" for a long period of time is a waste of a relationship. What happened to good, old-fashioned dating? Go out there and get a relationship that you want to last and try to avoid "talking" to someone for your whole life.