Being part of a small Christian college means news travels quickly and most people’s personal lives amount to gossip among strangers around campus. One very common conversation we want to get rid of is relationships. So, in a survey of 10 percent of Asbury’s student population as of fall 2022, only 33.53 percent were in a committed relationship, with the majority in what is called “single season.” Or at least it turns out I’m in a period of singleness. Previously that was the only other option. But now, as some of us get caught up in wishful thinking and create a new type of confusion, new categories seem to be mixing in with the potential relationship labels.
We want to be with someone but are afraid to commit.Or we don’t want to be in a relationship, but that particular someone do Like us? Perhaps we think there is nothing wrong with being emotionally involved with someone. But somehow that news comes out of left field when we know they have feelings for us. What about the opposite? We start to like people who show us favor, but in the end…do they care? Or are we so attached that the words “commitment” are never exchanged? I forget what happened. So in the end you end up with a reality check that the relationship should probably be: defined Before things get too interpersonal. Or how about this? We’re dating and everyone around us is talking about wedding bells, proposals, ceremonies, etc., but we’re just trying to be happy with each other’s status quo.
Feelings like this aren’t new, but what do you call it when two people get a little too close and act like a couple? They swear they’re not, but one secretly wants more. and the other just wants someone to hold him or dump all his emotional baggage on someone, but won’t admit that he’s playing the other person. Maybe they’ve said, “We don’t like to be labeled,” or “We’re not ready to be tied down,” but this idea that “they won’t do it” It lasted for three months. show.
The survey found that 77.65% of students believed the “situation” was common around campus. However, the numbers look different, with only 28.82% claiming to have been in a situationship with Asbury and the majority (71.18%) not experiencing this relationship gray area.
Originally, the plan for this article was to showcase the strange culture of Asbury’s dating patterns. Even after a survey of Asbury students, “bizarre” doesn’t seem to be the word to describe this situation.Here’s the deal, Asbury: As much as we’d like to think we’re different from the world.
Featured image by John Teoh.