Significant other

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Can someone relate?

Whats your experiences getting into a serious relationship with someone you always intended dating from the beginning; such as a friend introduced you two for the purpose of dating, met on dating app or something

Vs

dating someone after being friends first

What do you think some differences would look like?

Does this make sense?

 

[Notgoodatnames]

Personally I've never managed dating anyone from the first category, because it's too much pressure: people seem to want to get too close too quickly. For me I might be able to look at a photo of someone and say "I wouldn't categorically rule out dating them" but that is not the same thing as knowing I'd be interested, and then people get all touch-feely (both physically and emotionally) way too fast which makes me freeze and run away. Getting to know someone and gradually realizing there's an attraction and then ending up dating them gives you some time to suss out how you feel without pressure. That being said, I don't know about dating someone you've been friends with for a long time prior, as that also seems like a lot of pressure, and maybe they'd know you too well and then there'd be no honeymoon period where they only see your good side.