Trust isn’t something that is instantaneously established between two people. Each stage of your connection is built upon the stages that came before it. The order may vary, but each stage is going to happen if you’ve found your better half.
1. The When You First Meet and Don’t Want to Blow It Stage
You don’t know what’s going to happen next, so it’s the most restrained you will ever be with one another.
2. The How Do You EXIST!?! Stage
The more they reveal about themselves, they seem too good to be true. You can’t hold yourself back with each other afterwards.
3. The Would You Like To Go Out To… Stage
You’re still always politely double-checking just to make sure the other person’s happy with dinner plans and going out locations.
4. The We’re Doing This and Staying In Stage
You’re more confident in knowing what you both like now. All you both really want is to just spend with each other, regardless of where.
5. The Total Self-Disclosure Stage
You both tell each other about your past and future plans. From the regrets of your past to the ambitions of your future, they know the shape of your life story.
6. The Text Each Other Even When You’re In the Same Room Stage
So maybe you’re in a movie theater or a party where you can’t say certain things out loud, so instead you text each other what you can’t say in front of every one…
7. The Finally Official Stage
You’ve had “the talk??? about your relationship status so you know you’re both really in it together now.