New relationships are always exciting. They are full of new possibilities, they aren't the old relationships, and they are full of untapped potential. All relationship starts aren't smooth. So when do you decide to throw in the towel? I currently have a friend who is starting to date, and I find myself giving her the same advice that she was giving me when I was dating, and I began to think, when do you throw in the towel on someone new? I think you need to be very objective when you start in … [Read more...]
How to get past a bad relationship
September 27, 2008 By 3 Comments
Relationships as you know are hard work, and typically most of us spend a great deal of our time and energy invested in a relationship. This makes it difficult when a relationship breaks apart. Whether this breaks apart due circumstances or even personal conflicts. Bad relationships are even more difficult when they break apart because all of that time and energy is spent there. Often growing past a relationship means taking an inventory of what brough you into this relationship, and what … [Read more...]
Breaking up, or staying together
April 30, 2007 By 1 Comment
I think so many dating relationships reach the point where you come to think do you break up, or stay together. What circumstances or guidelines do you use to judge these things. Reading a book a few months bach, Epp's How not to Marry a Jerk, had one of the most telling or helpful suggesitons in the book. He suggested you should be in synch in three areas for a relationship to work. They are honestly/openess; trust; and intamacy. He suggested that all three areas should be in synch for you to … [Read more...]
Are they that interested?
June 29, 2006 By 1 Comment
Have you ever dated someone, and even though you continued to go out there never really seemed to be anything really “right” or anything really “wrong” with that dating relationship? Some people will tell you everything, and others tell very little with their words. What are the signs someone isn’t that interested in you? Does this person stay engaged in conversation with you? Or are your conversations one sided and non interactive? If someone is really interested in you, they are … [Read more...]
Be A Great Date
October 10, 2005 By Leave a Comment
The single life can be fun. But whether you are looking for a partner, or just enjoying meeting new people, dating is part of what being single is all about. The problem is that dating can be tough. It is sometimes scary, usually exciting, often disappointing. Some of this you have no control over, but here are some tips for being the best date that you can be: Follow through on commitments: show up or call when you say you are going to. This shows respect for the other person's time and … [Read more...]