Four weeks into online dating

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I’ve tried Brad’s method of contacting as many people as possible to improve my odds of getting a date. In my opinion, it’s not the best approach for me. I have a hard time going out with someone just to have a date. Having quality over quantity seems a better road to go down. Over the last two weeks, I have in a sense increased my odds by joining another free dating site called Plenty of Fish.

Although I have written ...

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How to Make a Long Distance Relationship Work

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Social media makes the world a smaller place by creating portals to connect individuals all over the globe. This grand feat sounds truly fantastic when imagining someone from America speaking instantly and even falling in love with someone in Australia. Relationships of all degrees have formed across the web, bringing love between people of any physical ...

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What to Do When Your Date Remains Active Online

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After hitting it off on a few stellar dates, you’re finding yourself smitten by your new date. You’re compatible, attracted, and ready to invest in what it means to go deep together. Approaching that conversation about exclusivity isn’t always easy, as that topic of “what are we?” has a way of inducing an intense case of ...

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Why Boundaries and Agreements are so Important

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To create a relationship that may blossom into long lasting partnership, boundaries must be identified and reinforced from the very beginning. As soon as you connect with someone online and progress towards meeting and officially dating, remain aware of personal boundaries.

A boundary is really an agreement with yourself or your partner about types of behavior ...

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Are You Ready For a Relationship?

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Before you jump online and start filling out a dating profile and joyfully browsing the singles in your area, it would be wise to take a moment to assess your readiness to enter into the world of dating. It is not uncommon for people to jump blindfolded into a relationship they are not truly ready for, nor is it uncommon for people to connect with someone who is not currently capable of offering all that a relationship requires. In both ...

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The Right Way to Ask What Went Wrong

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In my last article, I wrote about a pattern I see in giving dating advice: one where a person assumes everyone they meet is doing something wrong where in reality they are the one creating the situation.

In that article, I ended by recommending that we all look to ourselves and ask if anything we’re doing could be driving people away. One problem I’ll admit exists in this advice is ...

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Is Every Person You Meet Horrible…or Something Else Going On?

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There have been times in my life, often at work, where someone has pointed out a way that I could improve how I’m doing things. I’m almost always surprised when I receive this advice: mostly because I can’t believe I didn’t see that what I was doing was a bad way of doing things.

I think that most of us, from time to time at least, lose a little bit of our self-awareness. When a celebrity says something absolutely crazy, ...

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Unique Challenges to Online Dating as a Single Parent

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Online dating can be challenging at the best of times, but single parents encounter a unique set of extra obstacles. Thankfully, there are smart ways to combat each potential setback, increasing your chances of finding a good match.

1. Time

Life can get hectic as you juggle your parental responsibilities and try to squeeze a few hours of socializing into the week. Meanwhile, it also takes time to set up a good online dating profile, browse ...

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Letting Go of Expectation

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Everyone to be found on an online dating interface is registered precisely because they are on a search. We sign up to have access to these databases of singles because we are looking for something to satisfy our wanting, and not everyone has the same goal in mind. While browsing the profiles of potentials, one is quick to notice that people desire everything from a serious relationship to casual dating, a hook up or simple companionship to roll with in ...

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How Do I Approach a Woman I See Every Day But Don’t Know?

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For me, online dating was a godsend: I always had trouble approaching women in day-to-day life. For example, if I’m remembering correctly, I only got two phone numbers at a bar in my life prior to online dating (and one of those only applies if Applebee’s counts as a bar). It was always something I overthought and the benefits of online dating propelled my ability to find and connect with people.

If you’ve read my guide, you know that after ...

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New Relationship: Should I Hide or Delete My Dating Profile

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If you are asking this question, congratulations! I hope you’ve found what will be a wonderful relationship.

That said, you may be at a point so early in this new relationship that you aren’t sure what you should do about your profile. Should you take it down? Or is it better to delete your profile? While not an area where a lot of people struggle, I have seen some misconceptions about how you should handle this so I wanted to speak ...

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