talking phase
talking phase noun: the phase in the contact between people where romantic interest starts to develop.
Noun
talking phase (plural talking phases)
- 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
- 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...2020 January 8, Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, Walid A. Afifi, Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, SAGE Publications, →ISBN
Forms of talking phase
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Questions about talking phase
- What does talking phase mean?
- Talking phase means the phase in the contact between people where romantic interest starts to develop.
- What part of speech is talking phase?
- Talking phase is a noun.
- What is the plural of talking phase?
- The plural of talking phase is talking phases.
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