Dating is the early stages of a relationship, before the 2 people are officially a couple
Then we have TV shows like the Bachelor and Bachelorette where they kiss/sleep with multiple people whilst dating
No. You dont understand it. And ‘dating’ implies that the relationship has not reached the next step.Escalating the relationship to exclusivity is a mutually agreed upon next step.
Otherwise you are just flapping about with a non-exclusive contract. A transferable, negotiable, non-exclusive contract whereby anybody can do anything, with anybody, at anytime.