Q&A: When you start dating someone, is it automatically expected to be exclusive?

Posted on 08 October 2012 by Admin

Question by Happy-2: When you start dating someone, is it automatically expected to be exclusive?
If you go out with a person, is the assumption that you will not go out with anyone else and neither will he? Is it acceptable to date more than one person at a given time in your life, or is this not allowed anymore?

I ask because it seems to me like people nowadays expect immediate exclusivity. In the past, it was acceptable to date more than one person at a time as long as you were not falsely telling the people you were dating that they were the only one. My perception is that this has changed. Has it?

Someone’s answer:

Answer by Steven
Finally, a decent question.

Society today says if you are dating someone, than you are dating that one person. Personally, I think dating more than one person is better and more logical because it gives you the opportunity to meet new people and learn what you are looking for in a significant other.

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