- You plan your schedule around the times you’re likely to see him or her which is fine except you’re genuinely disappointed when they do not show-up like they promised you they would.
- You have definitely held pretend full-on conversations with him or her except it was just you talking to yourself.
- Whether real or imagined, you know all the important things about them – what school they went to, how many siblings they have, their favorite sports teams, their favorite color, etc.
- You hear of a fun event and you think it would be perfect for you and your imaginary significant other.
- You get jealous way too easily when you see them talking to what you perceive as another potential mate.
- You start telling people who see you as a potential mate that you’re already seeing someone and when they ask you for details you describe him or her.
- Telling people who make passes at you that you have a boyfriend/girlfriend doesn’t feel like lying.
- You get excited when someone mentions their name and you proceed to talk about them like there is in fact something going on between the two of you.
- Your friends likely know who he or she is and ask you how they are doing. Secretly, they are concerned about your well-being.
- You can totally relate to all the difficulties all your friends in real relationships are having.
- You don’t go out sometimes because you assume that they won’t be out either.
- Going on dates with other people feels like cheating.
- You’ve actually stopped going on dates with other people because you’ve decided it is cheating.
- You nodded to “yes” to almost all of these. Reality bites huh?
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