Dating is the early stages of a relationship, before the 2 people are officially a couple

Then we have TV shows like the Bachelor and Bachelorette where they kiss/sleep with multiple people whilst dating

No. You dont understand it. And ‘dating’ implies that the relationship has not reached the next step.Escalating the relationship to exclusivity is a mutually agreed upon next step.

Otherwise you are just flapping about with a non-exclusive contract. A transferable, negotiable, non-exclusive contract whereby anybody can do anything, with anybody, at anytime. That’s not dating.

But Mr Putin here, think that this would be called an « outing », and that « dating » actually means you are in a relationship.

Dating does not mean a relationship which you alluded to, but an agreement and acknowledgement of entering into the phase to develop such relationship, one cannot develop such relationship without exclusivity. There are different degrees of relationship. Dating is one of those terms with intrapersonal definition. People prescribe different meanings to ‘dating’, it does not mean its ‘misunderstood’.

Outing has different meanings, it can be a picnic, the practice of revealing a matter or simply what I referred to.

OP as I mentioned, its best to clear up the mutual expectation early on to prevent disappointment and waste of time.

Dating may or may not include physical intimacy

Both envious and confused. That is not what dating is. Who said anything about a contract? Dating is the casual early stages of a relationship. Nothing regarding exclusivity has been inferred or implied.

as others said. If its in the « getting to know you » phase then its fine. But as soon as that phase is over aka after 3 4 dates with someone its time to commit and ditch the rest. That being said once you sleep with one person and you are dating them its time to cut the rest off.

However to go on one date or just on a few select occasions to me is not dating. Dating implies an ongoing process, you may go on a date or two but its not « dating » until it becomes recurrent and sustained.

I used to think being exclusive was the idea, but now realise that the other party e rule and also see other people in addition to you. Therefore, why limit yourself in the initial stage of finding before further commitment?

It might be because we are in the « Tinder age » where we go shopping for the best experience/date. No longer do many/most people settle for one of the first few people we meet, it seems people need to go on tens to hundreds of dates. This takes time so the only way possible it to overlap dates.

Which to me seems a little weird that you could be looking for a relationship yet make out with several other people. Maybe this is becoming the new norm and we are moving towards how dating works in the US where dating even after several months doesn’t imply exclusivity. My friends over in the states they have mentioned, you need a conversation with your partner about going exclusive before you become exclusive.

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Most people would agree it is wrong to see other people once you are in an excusive relationship, the problem is there is no clear cut rule to suggest when an exclusive relationship commences as it can be different for different people. Some people would consider a relationship starting after 1 or 2 dates, others might think making out or sleeping with a person that draws the line, whilst for other it might be a time period, and then some people need to have it discussed.