its not about an actual year thing. its about not killing your chances for a life simply to chase tail. ask yourself what a date, a relationship, sex, and
lovin' another person means to you today.
with those answers then scrub them squeaky clean against each other over and over again with genourous amounts of truthful honesty, honor, responsibility, committment, forgiveness, gratitude, grace, fortitude, hopefullness, charity, and of course, love.
if you can get your head and heart around all that good stuff, it won't matter about any one year tradition thing.
my first date / relationship / now-we-are-only-friends happened at three months and she had like nine months
we both made our way thru it and our lives just melted from each other. thats not always the story for everybody and we were aware of all the above going into it, so you do the math for yourself and your life.
at the end of the day, being dishonest about what you want, and what you'll do to have it, is the worse path you can take to resolve your challenges. Be honest and forthwright, always take the higher less travelled road, and you'll have the best times of your life!
godspeed
RR