How can you improve your odds of getting a second date? Or increase the health of your romantic relationships? Recent studies and surveys have found that couples who laugh together, stay together. The amount of time that couples spend laughing is positively correlated with the quality of their relationships. And is directly linked to how …
When you’re the one currently wading in through the morass known as modern dating, it’s incredibly tempting to complain and think that there aren’t any good men left out there. Sometimes though, it’s not the men’s fault. In fact, it’s probably hard for you to tell when your dating skills are the issue. Your skills …
One of the most dangerous myths in our culture today is that you must love yourself first before you can love someone else. Do you believe this is true? If you do, you’re probably worried that no one will want to be with you unless you’re confident. You might even be concerned that you’ll fall …
Even though our world is hyperconnected thanks to technology, loneliness is increasing. Before the rise of the internet and social media phenomena, only 11% to 20% of adults in the ‘70s and ‘80s claimed they were lonely. Recent surveys paint a different picture. Now, a full third of American adults feel lonely, and loneliness can …
Conventional wisdom, and the dating experts who embrace it think that women should try to understand men for dating success. Empathy is important for any relationship, dating notwithstanding, but what if ‘women always trying to understand men’ has its perils? We think it does, and we have an example to back it up. As a …
When you’ve been dating awhile, it can take a lot of time, energy, and determination to keep putting yourself out there when you’ve seemed to have little results to show for it. And if your heart has been bruised and battered, it can be even more challenging to date and risk getting hurt again and …
Where have all the good men gone? It’s one of the most common questions I am asked. Women tell me that they don’t meet good guys that are interested in them, even though they have already tried online dating, blind dates, and more. The men they meet end up being narcissists and players, guys looking …
Our culture puts enormous pressure on women to look good. With Photoshop retouching our photos and plastic surgery altering our bodies, our every day beauty standards have become increasingly unrealistic and unattainable. And we feel it – we’ve all been immersed in this world for so long that it can seem impossible to separate ourselves …
Take a second and try to respond to this question as simply as possible: What are you working towards in your love life? For many of us, there is no simple answer. Not because the answer is really complicated, but because we haven’t taken the time before now to consider what our dating or relationship …
In my series about online dating sites and their potential benefits so far, I have told you how important it is for your dating success to start getting some practice seeing men in addition to how you can get this dating practice right now. This week we’re going to take the discussion about online dating …