Talking stage is the worse phase of any relationship, it comes with overthinking, stress, confusion and torture.
Legit puts the brain in an emotional roller coaster before the r/ship starts, imagine going through that struggle for 7 months before getting official?
Lemaooooo

Talking stage has Boundaries, little or no responsibilities because you’re not sure if you’re being clingy or not.
Talking to someone everyday and there’s a day y’all don’t talk and you can’t complain because you’re not sure you have a right to be upset, you might feel you’ll

Scare them away and your 7 months will enter water, your only reassurance is “it is what it is, whatever happens”
You either end up a couple or go through another talking stage.

Talking stage isn’t exactly the nicest place to be in, the whatifs and maybes will mess your mental health up.
If you find yourself in a talking stage, give yourself a time limit, save yourself and whoever that talkative is a lot of stress