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You are probably going to marry this person someday. Not sure when or a little of if. However, you continue to date this person while maybe seeing others. Something will happen to escalate the relationship ie. pregnant, roommates or other that seals the deal. You'er now going to get married.
Yeah, we knew we were going to get married someday, we've been mate-dating, playing house and now we know were going to do it.
by The Real Shaman November 20, 2015
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Apr 30 Word of the Day
A buzz word being used to refer to creators and influencers forming or encouraging unhealthy relationships with their fans. Usually used in the context of young audiences feeling they have a relationship with the influencer due to the huge amount of the influencer’s content they consume. The influencer in question, however, is unaware of the fan’s existence other than the general knowledge of having fans. Common examples include Dream and his stans. These relationships are exacerbated by the influencers confirming they have more than a creator-to-viewer relationship.

The word is circulating due to various YouTube essays about the phenomenon using the word, and therefore people who enjoy complaining about influencers repeating what they heard in the video in any comments section they can find.
I can’t believe that creator encourages parasocial relationships with his fans...

Man what a parasocial relationship :/
by SodaScarf April 12, 2021
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