I'm still trying to figure this out. I'm seeing someone but I still don't know if it's a relationship or not. Lots of mixed signals.

Personally I have no firm rules. It can vary wildly depending on the individuals involved as long as you are honest with each other on where you are at with each other. That is what counts to avoid anything uncomfortable.

Good communication skills make for successful relationship. Don't assume. Ask and Tell.

This reminds me of the time I asked a fren whats the difference between her relationship with her bf and the relationship with her bff. She answered it was pretty much the same. Then she got really silent.

It's an agreement, right? And I am pretty sure the person who creates the rules is imaginary...hehe...see what I did there...snicker...

I think both people should be in acknowledgement if what that means

I wouldn't assume. Even sex isn't an automatic indication for many people. A lot of people just consider it a hookup and don't think it's necessarily the start to something committed or exclusive.

But I think once you get married to someone, that might be a good time to discuss the nature of your relationship and where it's headed.

I look at everything as a relationship. I have brief ones with the check-out people at the store and longer ones with my friends. I have intense relationships with several friends where we talk for hours over a bottle of wine or beer or a little smoke. Sometimes those go into the physical. What I'm saying is I'm "involved" with everyone I interact with. I don't do monogamy.

That's the thing about "rules". Unless everyone involved agrees to conduct themselves accordingly. one person having rules of conduct doesn't really matter to anyone but them.
Another reason communication is important, and clearly laying out one's expectations.
No one can (or choose not to) live up to anyone else's expectations if they don't know what they are.

I think the mutually agreed staement holds true.

I have done some studying on relationship Dynamics, 5 love languages, relationship phases etc. It is a process to get to a long lasting mutually rewarding, close and respectful relationship. I'm single so haven't actually made it that far.

I think that depends on who you are dating. Ask them if your relationship is exclusive once you feel strong enough to do so.

I think that once I have any kind of feelings for someone, whether or not I have even ever talked to them, they should not show interest in anyone else.

All relationships start with a first date. Keep it light until you are sure a 2nd date is what you want, steer the conversation toward their previous life, ask what they expect in a relationship and what they don't want. Then steer it toward the future, what do They want in life? Do they have a plan? Would they be willing to move from the area? Do their plans jibe with yours? This is an honest process. Together you can decide.

Hmmm. I'm not sure. I think it is like "Fight Club". The first rule of dating is that there are no rules.

Commitment has to be a verbal agreement. Sex is not an agreement. Chatting & flirting is not a relationship. Chatting & flirting are methods of interviewing a person of interest. A relationship is a commitment of interest with the boundaries in negotiation. Until a verbal contract is agreed upon there is no relationship other than what is currently occurring. So tread carefully lest you believe something when it is really nothing.

I have identified a simple truth about myself. I am absolute shite at spotting who fancies me, who's flirting or who's just being nice. So unless the other person can help by making it very very obvious, I'm pretty much scuppered

Communicating should be straight. Rules I don’t know bout cause they make things complicated.

If you move in together then you are in a committed relationship

I threw the rules out awhile go..so..yeah..no rules are the best rules..for me..