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DTR

Define the relationship. The talk where two people figure out what they are to each other.

We need to DTR, I don't even know if we're exclusive.

For parents and educators

Harmless, and actually a healthy idea. Worth encouraging.

Where it came from

An older US campus term that never went away.

Also heard as

define the relationship, the DTR talk

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