It is never an easy question for a third person to figure out what someone else means. He could be asking if there will be sex soon. He could be asking are you "high maintenance. What do you think he meant?

Thanks for answering. I have been a single parent for so long, that I am clueless. Also a little reserved, so I was not sure exactly where I wanted to go with my answer. He usually says what he means, so I think he meant exactly what he said. We are very early in the getting to know you part of the relationship

You will have to ask him what he means. I'm a man and have no idea what he's asking. Don't try to mind-read. Just ask him.

I like to ask this type of question myself.

How you answer the question reveals more about you than if I/he had asked a specific question, and it opens the door to communication a lot better than a yes/no question.

In short, he wants to know how you answer a very open question, which isn't always easy.

But there is an easy answer to this one; say you're a cameleon in relationships. Then see how he responds to that.

Jim

You could take the old "answer a question with a question position" and ask him what is it that he wants to know about you that would cause him to ask a vague question?

When someone is vague or doesn't ask a question that can be answered without opening doors you may not be ready to open, the best place to stay is in neutral until you know what he wants to know.

It may be simply that he is a lot like a lot of people we see here on TBD. They ask a question so vague that it cannot be answered. They think everyone understands their shortcut thinking. It doesn't mean anything by itself.

Conversation is for fun. Information seeking is for clarity and clarity is a two way street.

I'm with Mik. My crystal ball broke long ago, and my mind reading act has not been able to set sail... due to lack of ability. Ask!

I'm not so sure why that's such a hard question. Of course, there may be slight differences in each relationship and yes, it's a vague question, but I'm sure there are some views that are basically standard.

"in a relationship" to me means that:

* for now, we are seeing eachother exclusively.

* I would expect some kind of communication with eachother every "X number" of days.

* I would expect that intimacy would begin to evolve.