When you’ve finally found that one person you can really see a future with, it’s so easy to jump in quickly without really thinking things through. After all, if you really love someone and your relationship is unlike anything you’ve ever been in before, why wait? To be fair, there’s nothing wrong with that. When you know, you know. But according to experts, taking your relationship to the next level shouldn’t be taken lightly.

There are some personal questions you should ask your partner before you even think about moving one step further.

I have a lot of sense of how long dating before becoming official and love to laugh. I’m looking for a long term relationship. I have an 18 year old son. What do​.

Congrats to you, queen of dating . You’ve gotten past a few dates with a new special someone and now you’re in that weird in between point of “What the hell are we? We’re expecting our wedding invite any day now. Future can refer to anything from how many kids you want to have or how you’re gonna get to that concert you bought tickets for in three months. As long as you’ve mentioned something about what’s to come in the relationship, exclusivity is almost always the natural next step. Or not.

You need to have enough experience to know that the current relationship you’re in feels different. And if it’s your first? Clearly nothing wrong with that either. You’ll just know when you know. Keep that momentum going into the relationship and you’ll become a healthy couple, not that mushy OMG gross-and-inseparable-one. There’s a reason you’re spilling the juicy deets to your BFFs, you know. Next step is telling the parents…. We’re not saying you need to have memorized your SO’s family tree by now, but knowing how many siblings he has, what his parents are like and where he grew up are pretty much basic convos that need to happen by date, like, three, tops.