Are You a Dream Date or Dating Disaster?

When’s the last time you went out on a date, laughed and talked for hours, had a great time and just knew you’d made a connection—then nothing, nada—the call never comes.  Ouch!  You’re left wondering what went wrong and driving yourself nuts wanting to know why your phone isn’t ringing.

Reasons abound as to what went wrong—some reasonable, some common sense and some that can only fit under the heading, “You just can’t please everyone, every time.”  Let’s take a look at some ways people make themselves “undateable,” along with some tips for getting that call you’ve been hoping for.

What's Love Got To Do With It?

That’s right, we’ve all seen or heard about couples who meet and instantly the sparks fly. The hormones rage and before you can say “how do you do” the wedding invitations are at the printer. Am I talking about you? If so, you must face the fact that you are blinded by love. Everyone else around you sees it. Friends and family express their concerns and ask you to put the brakes on, but you are too busy making plans to listen. You start finding it easier to keep loved ones in the dark about your plans rather than have another argument about the wisdom of them. How could it be that everyone else knows, but you two haven’t figured out that something is amiss? Perhaps you are in a daze and not thinking clearly when it comes to your future. Again, am I talking about you? Let’s take a look.

Do Opposites Attract?

We’ve all seen them―those couples that seem so mismatched that we find ourselves puzzling over how they got together in the first place. The new-agey vegetarian dating the conservative cattle rancher or the introvert who says barely a word while his loquacious wife regales their companions―what on earth do they have in common?