I agree with this, I never understand people who whine that someone "stole" their SO as if they're a book or something, people choose to leave.

I was suggesting when either meeting someone new, or a plutonic friend from the past and meeting only as friends.Thanks for all your comments, I feel it would not be OK to ask for a date as well, out of respect for them and their relationship.

Accept it and move on, if she is happy with this man especially

I guess it depends how you define dating.

To me dating is fairly casual and a gentleman that is indecisive about where the relationship is going or not actively trying to develop it won't be taken all that seriously.

Personally I have been single 20+ years and "dated" several nice gentlemen off and on well over a year. That is them asking me out and me asking them but I consider that no commitment to be exclusive from either direction and did not seem to discourage anyone from enjoying the social exchange. (Keeping in mind I don't take Dating to an intimate level and seen it have little influence on weather someone pursued or did not pursue a more developed relationship. If anything that fact that I don't pass myself around like a drivers Education car where every Tom, Dick, and Harry have "Kicked the tires" seems to motivate men to take a relationships with me more seriously.

However I do, and always will, consider "courting" a well defined and obvious higher level of commitment and that is very exclusive. If I get the drift that someone is "courting" another weather it is an official engagement or not I consider that person off limits.

I w2ill not date anyone who I find is actually "weekending", or friends with benefits with someone, or living with someone even if they try to claim it is "just room mates".

My last girlfriend was dating someone else when we 1st met we started as friends she was already having problems in with her boyfriend before I met her I waited for her to end her present relationship before asking her out we met at work and I had nothing to do with her breaking up with her boyfriend

Depends on the tone of the conversation and statements made by the woman. If she implies that she's romanticly involved with someone exclusively for a year, I wouldn't boldly ask her out. She's already told you the answer...she's with someone...and she would probably be offended and not flattered.

If she's ambiguous about the situation, you could comment that the dude is one lucky guy, you find her attractive and wish she was available, and then tell her you hope he makes her happy. This way if it's a committed relationship, she'll accept the compliment with grace and not take offense, you didn't actually hit on her but let her know your feelings. If the dating isn't serious and she's available and feels the mutual attraction, she's got the chance to tell you that.

Do it! you never know, the other person might be seeing someone just to kill time. Now if they were married, it might not be okay.