5 Signs of Being Stuck in a Situationship

“You’ve probably heard of situationships, but they’re for other people, right? It means a relationship without a clear definition, between people who usually behave like a couple. When you ask about it, they’ll say, “It’s complicated,” or shrug and say they’re figuring it out as they go. Perhaps they have moments of deep intimacy, and can share their fears and insecurities—but without a shared understanding of the roles they play in each other’s lives. Sometimes they talk every night—and sometimes, almost not at all. They haven’t met each other’s close friends or families, as though their relationship exists in a private bubble. When you hear that a friend of yours is involved in something like this, you might wonder if it’s all that healthy—but what if it describes your relationship, too?

Instead of “situationship,” psychologists might use the term “relational uncertainty.” Defined by Knobloch & Solomon (1999), it means being underconfident about the status of a relationship whose future is unknown. So, is your relationship clear, or is it ambiguous?”

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