talking stage
undefined, tense
the one-line answer
The early period of getting to know someone romantically before committing.
The talking stage is after you have matched or met but before you are officially together. You are feeling things out. No label. No commitment. But there is something there.
mainstream
Your coworker might use this word.
01 / in the wild
hear it move.
frustrated
we've been in the talking stage for two months. I need a decision.
We have been in the early undefined romantic phase for two months without progress.