Well, I reserve “significant other” for an exclusive relationship. Ideally, I would see this person every day. However, if we lived in separate cities, that might not be possible. Then I would be talking on the phone every day—and texting, and video chatting and emailing constantly throughout the day.
If it was someone I was dating but not exclusively, I think I might see them every three or four days or so. Maybe twice on weekends. There would be phone calls and texts in between.
But I tend to fall in love quickly, so a relationship rapidly moves to the exclusive stage for me, or else it dies. Occasionally, I’ve had friends with benefits, but those never seem to last long. For some reason, with me, either it is intense and deep, or it isn’t anything at all. That probably makes sense to anyone who has read much of what I have written. If you like intensity, you might like me. But if you don’t like intensity, I’m not going to be to your taste.