How many days it takes you to get to know the person you are dating?

United States
July 2, 2009 8:49pm CST
In a relationship, or the dating phase, how many days would it take you to find out about the person you are dating? For instance, about his habits, his likes and dislikes; his education and job background; his view toward the future; etc......? It must be important to find out the person you know before you start a real relationship with him/her, right?
5 responses
@phayeth (519)
• Philippines
3 Jul 09
it takes months and sometimes years to know someone.
• Philippines
3 Jul 09
you do not date many days in 1 week its ok. if you date twice in a week the important is your girlfriend/boyfriend is date in a twice a week...
• China
3 Jul 09
I think this maybe take me about three month, I'm a shy girl, and it's hard to know a person totally, so this will take a long time to know a person well, I think job background, his education, these are easy to know, we can just ask, but habits, like and dislikes will take us some time to know.
@Daae92 (75)
• United States
3 Jul 09
It took me a while to learn a lot about my fiancee, a few months before I knew a majority of stuff about her, she's shy and we hit it off pretty quickly, been together for over a year now :D
@JamieRose (168)
• Philippines
3 Jul 09
hi clorissa123. When I date people, I think that one of the most important goals is to know that person. :) In order for me to know KNOW the person I'm dating, I guess it varies, depends on how open or honest that person is. I used to date someone for 3 months, but it seemed as if I haven't known him that much because I wasn't sure if he is being honest to me. My ex boyfriend, my guy for almost 3 years, I dated him for 2 months but we got along very well, and our relationship lasted. If you're looking for a serious relationship, I suggest you take your time in getting to know the person. I think its also good to start as good friends first, because from there you'll really know everything about that person. :)