For people who never asked, “What are we?”

For the uninitiated (you happy bastards), the “almost relationship” is noncommittal and acknowledged just in a few settings (aka: the club, dark alleys, every single other Tuesday). Potentially an effect of hookup culture, it is the limbo between starting up and a relationship that is full-blown. You may hold hands, meet with the parents, and even say, like you,” but (and this is key), you’re JUST friends“ I really, really. For a time, things is certainly going swimmingly into the water of No dedication before the other 1 / 2 of the duo unexpectedly moves on to something tangible. theoretically, there have beenn’t any ties to be severed, therefore it’s not quite as if you’re permitted to feel such a thing when the “almost relationship” ends…But you certainly will.