and if the very sound of that word makes you shudder, you’re not alone. some are more interested in pursuing committed relationships — the kind where you can excitedly make plans for the future without fretting that you’ll freak your boo out. if casual dating sounds like a royal waste of time to you and you’re looking to build a more meaningful bond with someone, experts say that’s totally ok. it indicates that you’re willing to be vulnerable and put …

there are several reasons partners choose to end a relationship in this way, which we’ll examine in this post, along with alternatives to overlapping, and ways to grieve if your partner has chosen to end your relationship by “overlapping”. and, once the overlapper begins to get close to someone new, they may unconsciously start to pull walls up or feel guilt or pressure to end the relationship because of promises to – or honeymoon stage dreams with – a new …