While binging on shows like Love Island and Too Hot To Handle W ritualistically every night, the phrase "keeping my options open" is very much back in our consciousness. Participants of these shows of all genders have been known to shy away from putting all their eggs in one person's basket and making it official, and instead, commit to keeping things 'open' (aka they want to see if someone fitter with more social capital comes into the picture).
Keeping your options open is super commonplace in the dating lives of usual norms, too though. Many of us have experienced the relationship grey area, where the person we are dating is either not totally communicative about where things are going, or has told us they are not ready to commit or become exclusive/monogamous just yet. Sometimes that is fine and totally understandable. Other times, they may want to pursue another relationship structure like polyamory; or they might have commitment issues and are taking us for a ride and we need to learn how *not* to let that happen.
So what should you do if the person you are dating says they want to keep their options open? Expert from dating app, Match (UK), Hayley Quinn tells us how...
IS THE PERSON YOU'RE DATING OPEN TO OTHERS?
This story is from the July - August 2022 edition of Cosmopolitan India.
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