Have you ever heard of a placebo effect in a relationship? Yes, it does exist and with a fancy name at that. A 'situationship' is what happens to you, or what you're in when you're in that terrible or beautiful grey area between a hook-up and a relationship.
It's just like a placebo, where it might feel like a relationship at times but in all honesty, there are boundaries and no expectations out of this association. You're not quite dating this person but spending a lot of your time with them and let's face it, you're not just hooking up either.
It's a familiar situation and we've all been there at some point in our lives. It's actually the modern day equivalent of a 'complicated' relationship! A situationship can both be mighty convenient or tragically confusing. Convenient for those of you who run miles away from any sort of commitment and have struck a deal with the other person, which is understood and tragic for those who want something a little more out of this conundrum of a situation and can't get ahead of some fuzzy boundaries that are set by both of you.
Now a situationship can stem from two grey areas. The first being the obvious 'we like each other, so lets just spend some time together and see where this goes and not commit to anything' and the second scenario could arise from a long term relationship break up, where the comfort level is so malleable that the two people in question spend a lot of time with each other but don't really get back into a relationship.
Both cases are quite similar to one another as there are no labels used for such an association and both have a comfort factor, sans dependency and of course lots of 'no strings attached' sex. Now, for those of you who are shy of commitment, this type of an equation may work out well since there are no labels or relationship rules to adhere to. You can do as you please and leave the room minus expectations.
