Why She Bailed After the First Date
There’s a common lament among men in the dating world. “I really like this girl. We went out last week and the date went so well. I thought we really hit it off and had a profound connection. We had an amazing time, and the chemistry was through the roof. I haven’t heard from her. I don’t think she wants anything to do with me. What should I do?”
Read full storyWhy Snooping Makes You Crazy
If you don’t trust your partner, don’t be with them. God, it’s so tempting. He left his laptop open to his email and Facebook. He fell asleep in one room and his phone is in the next. He left town to visit family for a few days and you want to rifle through his closet. You’re dying to dig through his business.
Read full storyWant to Impress Women? Be Awesome
Chivalry isn’t dead. It just went out for some beer… yeah, that’s it. Some women like it, and apparently some don’t, which I’ll never understand. TIP: he’s not offering to help you because he thinks you’re incapable or he’s trying to control you, he’s offering to help you… because you look like you could use some help.
Read full storyMake These First Date Mistakes And Be Alone Forever
Every successful relationship starts with a great first date. Any couple who’s happily in love will bore you with the story of their initial dinner and movie. For most, the first date is a fun social event filled with hope and positive energy. But for many, it’s a gasoline soaked hurdle set ablaze that must be jumped in order to find someone who’ll put up with you.
Read full storyOh, The Egomaniacs You’ll Date!
The ego is a tragic thing. It’s shatters faster than it can be built. It’s an institution for which there is no proper schooling, and a place where delusions thrive like mold on wet garbage. They can become bigger than an elephant in an outhouse.
Read full storyYou’ll Never Make a Relationship Work With the Wrong Person
You didn’t fail to make that relationship work — it was never going to. If you and your partner aren’t compatible, all the love in the world will never change that. No one’s at fault, you just aren’t a matching pair. A size 10 shoe doesn’t belong with a size 6. They don’t match, and neither of them are wrong for being that size.
Read full storySigns of a Healthy Relationship
Yes, love is a choice. But love is also a feeling. This may be the first healthy relationship I’ve ever been in, so I don’t know how to do this right. I have no experience here. So it all feels weird and uncomfortable, but in an intriguing and enlightening way. I know the exhilarated, fluttery way I’ve felt in the past was based in low self-worth, escapism, excitement and fantasy.
Read full storyWhy Do You Want to Be in a Relationship?
My brother asked me what I wanted to get out of a relationship. My first serious relationship in over a decade ended three months prior and I'm sifting through the rubble and ego bruising.
Read full storyHow to Friend Zone the Guy Who Won’t Take a Hint
Some guys who are super into you will never be able to accept being turned down. They’re not trying to hear that you just want to be friends, that you have a man, or that you’re holding out for something better. He feels like it’s kicking dirt in his face when he’s been kissing the ground you walk on.
Read full storyWhen and If to Share your Past Baggage With Men
While being honest and transparent is a solid foundation, is your past actually relevant?. So many women feel the need to confess everything they think is wrong about themselves to the guy they’re dating. Or the things they think another may judge as wrong about them.
Read full storyThe Reason You Can’t Get a Date
I remember watching an episode of The Jenny Jones Show called “I’m Single Because I’m Too Good Looking”. I’ve heard of beautiful women having trouble finding dates because men are afraid to approach them. But really, there’s no shortage of guys waiting in line to get next to the hottest girl in the room.
Read full storyShould You Take Back Someone Who Ghosted You?
You were dating someone and they up and ghosted you. Disappeared in the night. Super lame, man. Why would someone do that? Well, it’s easier than having an actual conversation. The path of least resistance.
Read full storyIf Someone Breaks Up With You Their Reasons Don’t Matter
You’re on the receiving end of a break up. Maybe you saw it coming. Maybe it came out of the blue. Chances are, you saw it coming. If you think you didn’t, you’re in denial. You knew, you just didn’t want to believe it was really happening.
Read full storyHow to Screw Up Your Relationship
I'm really good with relationships. That’s why I was single for 11 years. You’re probably wondering how I accomplished this so I put together a list of dating tips to ensure you find, and keep, the significant other of your dreams.
Read full storyPeople Don’t Want Your Advice
Not unless they’ve asked for it. How to stop giving it. I'm the Queen of unsolicited advice. How did I earn this unenviable title? Well, it’s a carefully crafted method of assuming that if you’re talking to me about your love life, you want my opinion on everything you’re doing wrong.
Read full storyStop Being a Serial Monogamist
That’s not what dating is. Going on three dates with a guy shouldn’t be all it takes for you to decide you want to make it official. You know what that sounds like?. A girlfriend of mine recently told me about her new boyfriend. I said, “Boyfriend? How long have you been dating?” She said three weeks.
Read full storyCoffee Dates: The Perfect Date or a Dud?
There’s a time and a place, and it’s not a weekend night. “I’d love to meet you in person, are you free this Friday?” he asked over the phone. One of the last online dates I met, before I mercifully quit that nonsense, and I had been talking on the phone for about a week. It was time for a face-to-face to see what our true chemistry/attraction was.
Read full storyDon’t Ask Him Where Your Relationship is Going Because He’s Telling You the Whole Time
You don’t need to ask him where this is going. He’s telling you all the time. If he’s not asking you out often, he’s not interested in a relationship. If he only texts you when he’s bored at work, he’s not interested in a relationship. If you only hear from him in the middle of the night, he’s not interested in anything but sex.
Read full storyYour Online Dating Pictures are Terrible
And they’re ruining your chances of finding love. We live in a swiping, instant gratification world. You have about three seconds to make an impression in the dating marketplace and you’re going to want to make them count by putting your best foot forward.
Read full storyGet Over Needing Closure
Closure doesn’t exist. If you’re a true crime junkie like me, you’ve seen it a thousand times on Dateline and 20/20: grieving families who put killers behind bars who feel not an ounce of closure. Catching a killer doesn’t change anything. It doesn’t bring their loved one back or end the pain in their hearts.
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