Avoiding online pseudo intimacy
If you had initially met someone in person prior to becoming geographically separated, then you would have some foundation from which to build your relationship by staying in contact virtually. However, if you instead met someone online first, then you need to be aware of the potential that dating virtually, i.e., via the internet and [...]
Read More »Women and Bad Boys – What is the attraction?
“Bad Boys”. If you’re a woman, you may be saying “hmmm” as you hear these words. You know you shouldn’t, but you just can’t help yourself. There is just SOMETHING about these guys that draws you in, even as your head tells you to “beware”! So, what exactly is the attraction? It’s not necessarily that [...]
Read More »Are You Saying Too Much — And Saying The Wrong Thing?
After years of dating, you’ve probably got the basics down pretty well, even if it’s been a while since you had to use them. You know how to dress, what to ask, how to behave to show interest, and how to tell whether you’ve found a winner… or another loser. Online, many of those skills [...]
Read More »Instant Action Steps that Can Take You from Singlehood to Coupledom
Have you ever noticed how the people who find partners the easiest are the people who need them the least? They’re the people who have three parties to go to every Saturday night, who have more friends than they can name and always seem to be happy, smiling and busy. Love doesn’t just happen. It [...]
Read More »Ten tips for setting (and keeping) life changing resolutions
It’s time for that annual ritual of making (and breaking) our New Year’s resolutions. There is something about the idea of being able to start over that motivates us to pause (at least briefly) and reflect on our lives as they are, as well as how we would like them to be. Yet how many [...]
Read More »Are you (or are you with) a commitment-phobe?
We hear it all the time. “He just won’t make a commitment.” “She just wants some space right now.” “I’m not sure if I’m ready for a serious relationship.” What does having a fear of commitment really mean? Actually, it means basically what it says. For SOME reason you, or someone you are involved with, [...]
Read More »Happiness and the single person – Changing myth into reality
Does the expression “single and happy” sound like an oxymoron to you? Are you weary of others (especially other singles) reinforcing the belief that singles can’t be happy? Do you find yourself always planning for the future or putting things off until you “are married and settled? Do you often have a sense that the [...]
Read More »The inside & outside of male-female friendships
Relationships with the opposite sex these days can be extremely complicated. How do you determine if someone is genuinely interested in you? Can a man and a woman be “just friends?” I’ve attempted to provide information and guidance to help relationship-oriented singles navigate their way around the opposite sex, as demonstrated by my answers to [...]
Read More »What went wrong? When relationships go from hot to cold
Everything was great. We had been dating for 6 months. We shared the same interests, felt very at ease together, had (often) discussed future plans and had even spent some of the holidays together. Our relationship seemed right on track and just right in general. Then, without warning, he said he “needs some time to [...]
Read More »Looking The Part Online
It’s the picture. If you still haven’t had a date that’s led you to consider suspending your dating site membership, then the chances are your photograph is holding you back. Yes, your profile description could need some sprucing up — and we can help with that too — but it’s the photograph that always makes [...]
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