At Burning Man, I met someone who has since become "someone special" - we've had some successful dates, enjoy each other's company, and it's generally awesome. I'll spare you all the details, but there's one thing I'm struggling with.
Social networks are great - I've found old friends, new friends, and more readers than if I were not out on things like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc. Two of the three have this "relationship status" that I went to change this week. Let's look at the options:
- Single - you're not seeing anyone or no one long-term enough or intense enough for their feelings to get hurt if you were to see someone else.
- Married - you have a house, maybe some kids, and have been through a complicated and over-priced ceremony
- Engaged - you're planning an over-priced ceremony and everyone is stressed out
- In a relationship - you have a loving partner and it's been that way for some time
- In an Open Relationship - you have a loving partner and have relations with other people
- It's complicated - you don't fit into the above categories.
Either I've been single too long or people have weird expectations of me. To get this out in the air:
- Yes, she's human
- Yes, she's a she
- No, she isn't married
- No, there isn't more than one of her
1 comments:
"In a relationship" doesn't just mean you've been in one for a while. If you're dating to see if you want a relationship, you're "Single" but if you've decided you want to try to make it a relationship you can use the field to show your desire for the future. Set it to "In a relationship" when you want her and others to know that you want it to be that way. If you've "decided" enough to post about her on your blog, then you are probably far enough along in the thought process to set it on your relationship status. Be bold, man. Make a call. Don't take the cowardly Complicated moniker just because you can't make up your mind what you want.
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