<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
  Static sitemap for Becoming Us marketing + content pages.
  Funnel URLs (/start/*) are listed even before every page ships — Google
  deprioritises a temporary 404 but does not penalise. When the blog grows,
  replace this with a dynamic /api/sitemap.xml (deferred task).
-->
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/pricing</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/about</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.6</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Funnel pages — nine relationship-type variants (/start/[slug]) -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/start/premarital</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/start/serious-dating</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/start/drifted-apart</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/start/transition</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/start/parent-child</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/start/family</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/start/co-parents</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/start/friends</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/start/other</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Content -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/blog</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/help</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.6</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Legal -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/cookies</loc>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/terms</loc>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.becomingus.app/privacy</loc>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>
</urlset>
