Dating Articles
Fun in the Sun: Fun Summer Date Ideas
(5/1/2008) It’s sum-sum-summertime; the imagination conjures up beach music, pool parties, barbecues and tall, cold drinks. Summer is a time for enjoying the outdoors, getting hot and sweaty, indulging by the poolside and eating ice cream on a cone. Summer is about lazy, hot days and torrid, ...
Dating After 65
(4/10/2008) Losing a partner, whether wife or husband, after years together can be a devastating experience. For couples who have been together for more than thirty or forty years, the idea of looking for another person to fill the void their partner left behind can seem anathema. Dating after 65 is ...
When Your Parents Don't Like Your Partner
(1/30/2008) Taking your partner to meet your parents for the first time can be a tense event for all parties. Expectations, interests, personalities, histories and how well someone is feeling at that particular moment can all play a part as you bring together the people you love in one place. Your ...
Using Pet Names in Your Relationship
(1/12/2008) Sweetie! Darling! Love! Boo-boo! Snookums! There is nothing so sweet and weird as the first time your mate calls you a pet name. No matter how odd the nickname or how endearing it is, when your mate is comfortable enough with you to crown you with a nickname, it makes you feel ...
Dating on a Budget
(11/10/2007) Anyone who’s ever dated in high school or college has faced dating on a tight budget. It’s amazing how creative people can be when they are younger and how tough it seems to deal with on a budget. Frugality doesn’t have to mean boring or uninteresting, it just means ...
Getting Over a Breakup
(9/26/2007) The first few days after a breakup are the worst and breakups themselves are terrible. The best way to start on the path of recovery is to focus on you, yourself and you. Don’t dwell on the person who’s not there anymore, instead allow yourself to be a bit selfish and ...
Writing Romantic Poetry
(10/27/2006) Ever since your childhood prose of “Roses are red, violets are blue,” you have longed to impress others with your poetry skills. Most people have little experience writing romantic poetry and we aim to show you how. If you are seeking to write romantic poetry to a partner, love ...
Fun Fall Date Ideas
(8/27/2006) Autumn is a wonderful time of year in many parts of the country. For those that grew up in the south or southwest, autumn may just be the time of warm, lazy hazy days, but in other areas it’s when the leaves turn fantastical colors and the nights begin to lengthen and get crisper. ...
Advice for a College Romance
(8/15/2006) A good rule of thumb for college romance, on both sides of the fence, is that school comes first. Respecting your partner’s commitments and desires is a large part of the dating scene and nowhere is that more important than when you’re both in college. The challenge of romance ...
Is He Mr. Right?
(7/21/2006) Have you found Mr. Right? Or have you simply found Mr. Right Now? The difference really falls into the categories of who you are looking for. For those who are desperately seeking someone else to fulfill the role of Mr. Right in their lives, it’s a misconception that he can be forced ...
Surviving Long Distance Relationships
(6/23/2006) Romance is hard in the best of circumstances, but when you had hundreds of miles to separate couple, it can be tougher. Romance and relationships thrive on communication. Communication is even more crucial when those miles keep you apart. We crave human touch and when circumstances dictate ...
Preparing for a New Relationship After a Long-Term Relationship Break-Up
(6/15/2006) Bound, Bound, Bound and Rebound People look for love everyday, consciously or subconsciously, but after a long-term relationship ends there is also a healthy sense of caution about re-entering the dating game. The old saying – once burned, twice shy --- can have more of an affect ...
How to Flirt
(5/27/2006) If there were one class everyone could take as a high school elective, flirting 101 might be it. Some people are natural flirts and others wouldn’t know flirting if it walked up and hit them in the head. The problem with flirting is it’s the natural form of communication ...
Creative Dates for Teenagers
(4/26/2006) A good rule of thumb, if you ask someone out on a date, know where you want to go or what you want to do before you ask them. There are several reasons for this, of course, but the best reason is that people are indecisive. They are never quite sure what they want to do, but will often agree to ...
