After you have started a relationship you may have heard that you need to take baby steps. Everyone says this but you may not really know what it means. Don’t worry though, there are hundreds of girls who don’t really know what this phrase means when being in a relationship. Now because you aren’t alone in this, we have a few great tips on what baby steps mean within a relationship. Don’t get ahead of yourself and start to change things within your relationship, remember all relationships are different so you just have to find something that works for you and your partner.

Let’s break up the term baby steps. Firstly, it directly speaks to the steps that babies make when they first learn to walk. Okay, why don’t you try to picture it instead? You will see that babies unlike adults take much smaller steps to get where they are going because they are still scared and trying to figure out the whole walking thing. Now because of this people often recommend that you take baby steps when starting a new relationship. You see a relationship is a new adventure that you decide to go on with someone you may not really know.

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But that’s the purpose of dating, you will get to know the person while you are dating. Now because you are newly in love and all you want to do is spend the most time with your personality, your friends might recommend that you take baby steps. This is only so that you don’t get hurt. Taking baby steps will ensure that you don’t get your feelings hurt or that you don’t make a hasty decision based on temporary feelings. Taking things slow or well taking baby steps simply means taking your time with it. You don’t really have to rush into anything. But do remember that you can go as fast or as slow as you like, it is all up to you.