It does sound like the fake relationship that several of you described. I think tracing goes along with that. It's the difference between drawing a picture and tracing a picture. If it was real, they would be "drawing" they're own relationship. Instead they are "tracing" over the lines of the relationship they want to be in.
"but when we trace
you'll always see the bottom line"
No matter how well they "trace" it, their relationship will never be what they really want. They're always going to see the lines they are tracing over, and those will always look better than what they've got.
It does sound like the fake relationship that several of you described. I think tracing goes along with that. It's the difference between drawing a picture and tracing a picture. If it was real, they would be "drawing" they're own relationship. Instead they are "tracing" over the lines of the relationship they want to be in.
"but when we trace you'll always see the bottom line"
No matter how well they "trace" it, their relationship will never be what they really want. They're always going to see the lines they are tracing over, and those will always look better than what they've got.