Stages of a Modern(ish) Relationship

1. Single and Solo
2. Looking and Desperate
3. Flirting (testing receptivity or for entertainment only)
4. Tickle-flirting (includes office-grabbing)

5. Dating (girlfriend + several boyfriends or vice versa). Red roses and hand-holding may have happened
== living together may occur here or beyond ==
6. Serious (girlfriend and boyfriend, exclusive, parents have been met)
== I Love You has been said by now ==
7. Limbo (waiting for the next stage) or Co-habiting Spousal-Equivalent  (for Communists and Satanists who never progress further)
8. Pre-engaged (floating)
9. Engaged
10. Honeymooner
11. Married