The stage itself is confusing, but referring to it as “just talking” alleviates some of the stress that it entails. The participants also note that continued intentional communication—or ...

Just like Indiyah and Ikenna on this year’s Love Island, no one is immune to the 'talking stage'.All over TikTok and a prominent part of our lives in 2022, this excruciatingly drawn-out phase is ...

Later in focus groups of 37 students, researchers delved deeper into the nuances of the ‘talking stage’, asking participants to answer 11 further questions based on their previous responses.

I’ll admit that I’ve flirted with the idea of dating multiple guys at once.

The talking stage is a phrase coined by Gen Z to describe the beginning of a relationship when people are getting to know each other via talking or texting while also going on dates. However, the ...

So the talking stage might seem ambiguous, stressful or anxiety-provoking. Young people are also confused about whether they are in a "situationhsip" - another relationship status with an ambiguous ...

The ‘talking stage’ is somewhat of a dreaded dating purgatory, but it shouldn’t be. It’s the period of time where you can essentially dip your toes in the pool of that potential ...