You’ve probably seen them all around you, probably been a victim and not known what exactly it was. No, don’t get this confused with the average friends with benefits thing…this is different; sort of. Actually, it’s more than sort of. This is a veiled relationship of sorts. People in this zone do everything a couple would do, except they are not a couple; or at least that’s what they make themselves and everyone around them believe.
They are clearly into each other. This is not necessarily on a sexual level but more on an emotional level. They’re stuck between being more than friends, less than a couple. A lot of people have situationships before they graduate into a relationship, but some can stay in this zone for over a year. Of course, they’ll rub that, `we’re friends’ line in everyone’s face, and most of the time it’s because they don’t know what else to call the situation.
Several people have grown so comfortable with situationships and as such no longer see the need to get into an actual relationship. Why have a relationship when you can have situationship without the complications that come with being in a relationship. People in situationships are essentially single and taken at the same time. It’s a complicated twist. Friends who are afraid of complicating things end up in situationships when they develop feelings for each other.
These people will stay loyal to each other however and act as if they are actually in a relationship. She won’t get into a relationship with anyone else, and he won’t get into a relationship with anyone, but they are also not in a relationship with each other. It’s that complicated mix of `I’m single, but you’re mine.’ Jealousy is a common aspect in these situationships. He can’t be with another girl, and she can’t be with another man, and yet the two are not really together.
In simple terms it’s a situation!
