Chances are you have gone through these phases at least once in your dating life. If not, you're probably mature and not afraid to own up to your feelings and more people should be like you, please spread the message.
1) The "I'm talking to someone" stage / talking to different people. No one is just "talking" to 1 person at a time nowadays...
2) The "I'm going on a date but not expecting anything" stage. AKA still talking to other people or forcing yourself to not expect anything because it may make you seem too "eager" or "naive", and everyone always wants to make sure they "control" the situation...
3) The "Ya I'm going on a date again, but with someone different" stage. Keeping your options open because apparently that keeps you from "getting hurt".
4) The "Ya actually I'm going on another date but with that first person" stage. Oh you've finally realized you might be interested in that person and you wanna see if it could go further.
5) The "Is this just a booty call" stage. Awkward moment when after the 2 dates they seem to just text you around 10pm...
6) The "Should I just booty call them" phase. So they're playing hot and cold but you know that if you invite them over at night they wont decline / you feel you might as well get SOMETHING out of all this...
7) The "I want to see them again but not seem clingy" stage. You're actually interested and for some reason today it seems "creepy" or "clingy" to want to spend time just with 1 person.
8) The "Should I play hard to get" stage. When things are going great and you feel playing hard to get is for some reason a good idea...
9) The "Why are they playing hard to get now?" stage. Because they are tired of your BS and probably not playing, just not interested anymore.
10) The "They just never texted me back" stage. Oh you're actually surprised?