Dating trend Situationship: Everything you need to know about the viral relationship phenomenon
“Hey, is it okay if Sandra and her situation come?” a friend asks you. I'm sorry, what? Data which? Are they together? Just friendship? What's going on there? The term situationship has quietly become firmly anchored in our language (or at least in the language of those who are chronically online.
Next to,andThis dating phenomenon is particularly talked about on TikTok: Situationship. The form of relationship per se is not that new. It has been known in the USA for a long time, and now the term is reaching us too, at least with an official name. Because each of us has probably been in a situation before without knowing it.
What is a Situationship?
You meet for a longer period of time, you are more than just friends, even more than, but you're not in a relationship either, especially because you don't actually want one. Above all, you don't want labels - ironic, since Situationship is also a label. But Friends with Benefits or Dating has certain rules and requirements attached to it. And you don't really want any of that. So it's a bit like bad dating, where no one is allowed to make demands on anyone else and the "what are we" conversation never happens.
This state, in which many have probably already found themselves, is also described as situationship. So somehow it's an in-between thing that's not really one and not really the other.
Dating trend situationship: advantages and disadvantages
Due to their non-binding nature, situationships have some disadvantages, but also advantages. We would like to discuss what these are in more detail below.
Disadvantages of situationships
Since in a situation on the one hand everything is kept totally relaxed, but on the other hand there is somehow a certain connection to the other person, communication is often difficult in this dating trend. How can you talk about something that somehow isn't there? A characteristic feature of a situationship is that you don't seek clarifying conversations and meetings happen relatively spontaneously, but it's also the year 2024 and we can make our own rules.
Non-committal or not, even in a situation you can talk regularly about your own feelings and needs. This way you can be sure that both parties are comfortable with the situation. If that doesn't happen, we come to the next disadvantage of the dating phenomenon: someone falls in love. And of course that's not unreasonable, after all you don't just havetogether, you like each other and spend time together regularly. The ideal breeding ground for romantic feelings, even if the initial situation was originally something relaxed. The probability that someone will burn their fingers and be injured in a situation is relatively high.
Advantages of situationships
Depending on your perspective, a disadvantage of situationship can also be an advantage. Anyone who doesn't want to make a commitment and prefers to let themselves drift has discovered the ideal type of relationship for themselves. Although everything is casual, you still have the benefit of the familiarity that you share with another person, which is missing in pure one-night stands, for example.
