Serious dating is when youre committed to a person. You have feelings for them, and they have feelings for you. Because of this, youre not seeing anyone else and you hope to one day take the relationship to the next level. This is for people who are looking for love or security.

What consists of a serious relationship?

As a phrase, serious relationship is solidly in our romantic parlance, meaning something specific and understood to all parties involved. As a 24-year-old woman told me, “My friends who I think of as being in serious relationships have been together upwards of a year or two and show no signs of breaking up.