According to Susan Albers-Bowling, PsyD of the Cleveland Clinic, there are five signs that what you think is a relationship, is actually a situationship. In short, the relationship has “no labels or exclusivity,” “no clear boundaries,” “irregular or superficial contact,” “lack of integration into each other’s lives,” and it “doesn’t grow or end.”

Stonewalling is when the partner effectively shuts down all meaningful communication by refusing to talk, discuss, engage, and/or give direct answers to questions.

A textuationship (aka textationship) is when most or all of your communication takes place via text message, DM, chat. It may last for a long time, and seem very intimate, but it such communications usually remain superficial, and might even just be a scam.