How does this relationship status thing work on facebook?

After you set it to ';In a Relationship'; and it says ';with...';, when you choose the person you're in a relationship with, does that other person have to approve it or something? Or how does that work? thanks for your answers in advance!How does this relationship status thing work on facebook?
You can choose to just set yourself as ';in a relationship'; or indicate with who you are in a relationship. If you chose the ladder, a notification will be sent to the selected person. Until they approve your relationship status will read '; *name* is in a relationship'; - once approved the sentence will expand to include your significant other's name.How does this relationship status thing work on facebook?
Yeah the other person gets an e-mail notice about it and accepts/denies. Then it shows up as with and then a link to their facebook in your relationship status.

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