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It’s not love, but it’s not nothing either…
I told myself I was fine with it.
The late-night texts, the whispered confessions, the way he’d pull me close after sex as if I was something precious. We shared inside jokes, ordered takeout like an old married couple, and spent lazy Sundays tangled in each other.
But we never talked about us.
I didn’t ask where we were heading. I didn’t press for a label. I convinced myself that what we had — this undefined, unspoken connection — was enough.
Then one night, I saw him across the bar with another woman. He looked at her the way I wished he looked at me.
And just like that, the illusion shattered.
I had been caught in a situationship — the modern-day purgatory of dating.
Situationships: When Love Is Undefined and Unfulfilling
We live in an age where commitment is optional, but intimacy isn’t. You can sleep with someone, share your deepest secrets, and still remain strangers in the ways that matter most.
This is the world of situationships — where two people are emotionally and physically involved but lack clarity and commitment.
