talking phase

plural talking phases

1. The phase in the contact between people where romantic interest starts to develop.

   The pressure men feel to fulfill the initiator function is directly linked to the ways in which they conceive of and utilize the group and talking phases of the relationship progression. It is not socially acceptable for a man to just ...

   2018 January 31, Dana M. Malone, From Single to Serious: Relationships, Gender, and Sexuality on American Evangelical Campuses (The American Campus), Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC

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   Using ghosting is also much more likely if the relationship was not that serious. Indeed, ghosting occurs the most often in situations where there are low levels of commitment, such as being in the talking phase or just hooking up, and the least in “official” relationships (Truscelli & Guerrero, 2019).

   2020 January 8, Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, Walid A. Afifi, Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, SAGE Publications, →ISBN