Mel Robbins

Have situationships always existed or is this a concept our generation has invented to avoid commitment?

I cannot track with the terminology.

We're together, but we're not dating.

We're dating, but we're not like this.

We're exclusive, but we're not dating.

Dating is this thing.

I can't understand the terminology.

And so what is a situationship?

And what do you think about all this?

How is that not defined by your actions?

This is the thing that I don't understand.

Like, don't your actions define the fact that you're in a relationship if you're having sex with somebody and you're hanging out with them?

Boom, right there.

You're not even asking.

You're bitching about the fact that there's no commitment and you're not actually asking for it.

You're hoping for it.

I think one of the huge mistakes that so many people make in relationships is they chase the potential of it and you excuse away behavior that isn't acceptable.

hoping that at some point, if I just hang out with you a little bit longer, if I insert myself into your life, at some point, you're going to notice and this is going to become something bigger than it actually is.

And there is this refusal to see people's behavior as the truth and then take responsibility for whether or not you are willing to accept these table scraps.

Well, I don't think you're dating potential.