(07-18-2014, 01:04 AM)Tiergan Wrote: I find that it's best to just straight up tell people "So this is purely IC and will never, ever be OOC. Â The second it bleeds into OOC is the second we stop RPing with each other." when starting anything remotely resembling an IC romance with someone.
Pretty much this. My partner and I are very well aware of our boundaries and we both have had a significant other for a considerable amount of time. I will say that it seems very rare to find someone that's able to keep it strictly IC and RP, but man. It's so incredibly fun, and so incredibly refreshing!
The moment things become OOC for someone, I immediately distance myself from them as quickly as possible.