If the point of dating is to agree to meet someone socially to possible effect a
closer bond, then it would seem that dating that continues for a long-term period would
be what is or should be desired. Simply stated, long-term dating refers to the same two
people going on dates for a prolonged period - from several months to one year and
longer.
When two individuals have been exclusively going on dates for at least several
months up to a year, they clearly have embarked on, or are into something that has gone
on for a period that can be described as long-term.
