There are rules to dating. Clearly they’re not posted anywhere convenient but when people don’t follow proper etiquette or protocol it doesn’t go unnoticed. Call them social mores or requisites but as unpredictable as dating can be single men and women still have certain expectations. We may not have a manual but once you’re of a particular age there are a few concepts that all adults mutually understand. When singles get frustrated by the dating game it’s because the most cardinal rules have been forgotten. I do believe dating has rules and most of my success is due to following...
Appropriate Phone Etiquette For Being Blown Off
A friend of mine calls my phonebook the pet cemetery. When I think I am absolutely done with a man, I delete his number and I move on. Months, sometimes years will pass and this man starts calling me again. I have a repeated history of not being able to get men out of my life. Le sigh. I think we all know the universal signs of being blown off and I execute all of them very proficiently. When single men and women can’t get the signs through their heads they send the message they’re desperate. The biggest mistake single...
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How To Have Difficult Dating Conversations
I am often accused of thinking like a man. I wasn’t aware that men thought. (I kid) I certainly would never want to think like one. I can only assume my lack of proper emotional reactions, to typical situations, warrants such outrageous charges. One such time being when I was naked in bed with a man, presumably about to have sex, when he asked me the absolute worst thing that you can ever ask a person who is naked in your bed. “Where do you see the relationship going?” I must have given the wrong answer because we didn’t...
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Why You Need To Get Over Your Shyness In Dating And Life
Being shy is bullsh*t. When it comes to dating, single men and women above the age of 21 can not afford to be shy. Not if you want to get a date. It’s a commonly accepted excuse label for adults who have trouble, no will, want or desire to engage in cordial social behavior. It can manifest as the failure to say hello to a passing stranger or the inability to make eye contact with a potential date. In whatever capacity your shyness shows itself, you must remember that it’s still your choice to be shy. If you act shy,...