One in Fifteen So Be Nice
If you're dating and trying to find that certain someone you must already get that dating is not for the weak of heart.For starters it turns out that out they've done studies and you'...
View ArticleWine and Dating - Not Dissimilar
As you probably know online dating, or just dating the old fashioned way, is not always a picnic, and in fact it can be down right depressing. You need only read between the lines on sites like OK...
View ArticleBe Brave - Fighting Can Be Good?!!!!
If you ask a therapist who has done couples counseling "what the hell is happening when, after about a year, we're fighting?" she/he will tell you, almost invariably, that you have managed to hit a...
View ArticleHow to Look for Love Without Looking for Love
Looking for love can be like looking for a dress for a fancy event. When you need to find something perfect, affordable, and in time for said event you can almost count on the fact that you won't...
View ArticleHating Dating? Could it Be McDating!
Query the online dating folks about the state of their dating life and you'll soon discover that becoming weary is a common response. Turns out there is rarely an online dater that has been doing it...
View ArticleSingle and Still Dating During the Holidays
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." - Maya AngelouThis time of year you will find, what seems to be, lots of happy...
View ArticleLove is Messy and Scary. Period.
We all, well most, want love. But the hard truth is to get it is messy and scary business. Firstly, finding anyone who you want to start the discovery journey with is quite a task. Then, you have to...
View ArticleYouth Trumps Truth?!
If you talk to a lot of men in their forties and fifties, still trying to sort out their love lives you'll find that many, predictably, prefer finding a much younger women. Not surprising. But if you...
View ArticleDogs and Dating
There is a smarmy radio show on a Bay Area AM channel that is targeted at 20-something men. It's obnoxious, self-assured host boasts the knowledge that young men should date, sew their oats, not get...
View ArticleChose and Cherish - Do and Ask It to Be Done
Love. What we all want, and there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, love is what this bedraggled world needs more of. But love is a feeling and feelings ebb and flow like waves of the ocean, in...
View ArticleTry this! I Choose You.
Consider this, that love and having it or not should not be the sole indicator as to whether you should be in, or get out of a relationship. Love is an emotion that waxes and wanes and on any given...
View ArticleDo Unto Others As You Would Never Wish They'd Do Unto You
We're funny creatures for sure. We espouse and even demand certain behaviors from our partners that we actually don't manage to do ourselves. Case in point, let's say you want to be loving. Accepting...
View ArticleRelationships Are Like Buses
Repeat after me, "I don't want to be with someone who doesn't want to be with me". Feel better? Lighter? Maybe not?! But you do recognize the truth in this statement. In a world...
View ArticleIf Your Mate Seeks "Peace" Beware
I know of a relationship that recently ended when it looked like it was going to make it. They shared interests, life values, tastes, and dreams. They loved each other, they even dug each other. They...
View ArticleCan We, Should We Change for Our Partner?
Before the answer is revealed. I don't think you should expect your partner to change. That is always a recipe for disaster. Your job is to love your partner warts and all. If you can't love...
View ArticleDon't Say You Love Me
We anticipate the day someone expresses their love to us. We seem to believe that having someone say "I love you" shows us something significant. With that utterance we often feel more secure,...
View ArticleCan You Start As Friends?
It's common wisdom that once one is in the "friend" zone it's hard to get out. But can you start a romance as friends?Let's see, in many ways the Europeans do...
View ArticleCave Dwellers Don't Want You to Come In
So you decide to reach out to your ex. And who knows where they are with the break up or their feelings for you? But none-the-less you decide to reach out for whatever reason, and what you find...
View ArticleFinding Your Joey
Sometimes we think too hard about love. Finding it. Having it. Keeping it. But read this and ask yourself if you have a "Joey". Because sometimes that's really all you need."So it's...
View ArticleRe-thinking Love and Commitment
There is this astute video titled Dan Savage: Why Monogamy is Ridiculous. Many may not agree but as Dan says, to make monogamy the center of a relationship is often a recipe for disaster. Well he...
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