When you first hear the word "casual relationship," you may think it only refers to random sex, well, it can be, it’s like the casual dating you did, but it requires more or less your participation in such relationship. And there are no rules and no expectations about this relationship, you can date someone who you just sexually want, sounds perfect, right? Maybe for some people, but it's not suitable for everyone. Maintaining a happy, unconditional and no string attach romance is much more complicated than it seems.
Before you begin a casual relationship, ask yourself why do you want one, do you know how a casual relationship works.
There are various reasons why people start doing casual relationship. Some people think it's a good way to feel the connections with different people at the same time to find their potential dates. Until they feel ready to build a real serious relationship. Other people thinks casual adult dating is a chance that you can experience the feeling of relationship meanwhile don’t feel being trapped, a good way to get away from exclusive relationship.
Can a casual relationship become serious in the end. Well, not exactly, in fact, any relationship can become serious one in the end, but for a casual relationship, people choose it because it's casual, you didn’t have the intention to develop a long-term relationship with your hookup, right? That's it, although some long-term relationships start with casual hookup, they don't always end up like this. My advice is that don't enter into a casual relationship unless you just want random hookup, if you still have the slight expectation that your relationship with them with become some serious thing, or you would like to try a relationship if you meet you the one you have feeling with, I’d say don't do such thing.
How can we acquire a successful relationship? The first thing you need to do is set your bottom line. Such bottom line includes what extent do you want the relationship to be maintained? What things you want the other person not to do? And what things are absolutely intolerable in your relationship? You need to have a serious communication with them before a casual relationship star. I have met many awkward situations, such as, one hook up with another, then they turned into friends with benefits, and in the end, one of them develop a feeling to the other. So, in case such a situation happens to you, talk to them to make sure you are on the same page.
Besides making it clear of the intention about this casual relationship, respecting each other is also very important. You can’t force them continue hooking up with you, when they want to end this casual relationship, meanwhile, both of have a say about what things you don’t want to do when you in such relationship, asking consent is the best policy. And during your casual relationship, please respect each other’s decision that they want to have a serious relationship with other people.