Tag Archives: dating
When I’m in the very beginning stages of dating someone, I’m nervous. And sometimes it’s cute, fun nerves that come from young love. But, often the nerves stem from not being certain where the relationship stands and worrying about if he’s going to hurt my feelings. I know, not my typical schmoopy boopy take on love, but these feelings are just as true for me as my enthusiasm for love. What I worry about the most, and what I hear my friends worry about a lot, is getting ghosted. Ghost is the idea of someone you’re starting to fall for vanishing is tough to swallow. If you think you’re about to or actually are getting ghosted, here’s what to do. Read more
The key to flirting is to have an inquisitive mind. Having an inquisitive mind is having a flirtatious mind.
Flirting is really all about curiosity.
It's amazing that how many people don't know how to flirt, or choose not to.
When I'm on Bumble (which by the way is fun), or any other dating app, or any other way to meet, it's amazing how many people don't ask questions at all. Read more
Let's face it: we're all a judge.
We're reading an online profile, somebody writes something and we immediately judge them.
We text them, and they tell us that they're watching TV, and we imagine and picture a life of just watching television 24/7.
We're all judgers of so many things when we first connect with somebody.
Or more importantly, when we first eliminate somebody.
I'm guilty of it. Read more
Getting dumped is never a good feeling. In fact, dumpage often leads to some of the worst feelings a human heart can experience. But, that doesn’t mean getting dumped is necessarily all bad. Just because it feels terrible doesn’t mean that nothing good can come from it. You can learn some pretty valuable lessons about yourself from getting dumped. Here are a few of them. Read more
Nail biting, online shopping, social media refreshing, singing along to any and every Taylor Swift song at my lungs’ full capacity. We all have bad habits that we’re working on. Some bad habits are more annoying to our partners than others. My Taylor Swift volume problem might fall into that category. One thing that really gets under my skin is procrastination. I’m such a get-er-done person that procrastination makes no sense to me. Read more
My personal rule for myself when I’m single is to always say yes to a first date. Always, always, always. I say yes even when I “know” a first date isn’t going to be a love connection. I’m no psychic and I’ve been wrong about who I’ve had chemistry with in the past. I tell my clients to be open minded and I remind myself to do the same thing all the time. That being said, there are times when you have a first date coming up and you get the urge to cancel it. Read more
