Posts Tagged ‘dating advice’

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Last Month, YourTango featured my article, How to Find Love Later in Life. The article provides an overview of ways in which baby boomers and seniors can move forward in their quest for love.   The piece goes into detail about online dating, embracing your passions, volunteering, and exploring the world.  The most important concept?  Learning how to live your life single instead of  looking for a mate.  Take a look.

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What’s up with the big scary ”C” word?  Is it holding you back from settling down?   How do you know if there will even be a next step with your partner?  Whether you’re with someone new, together for several months or cohabitating for years, there could be telling signs about your relationship potential.  Take a moment and read my article, Love Lessons for Commitment Phobes.

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You’ve signed up, posted your photo, crafted your profile and you’re ready to let the fun dating games begin.  But, when you get an email or see someone you like, you freeze.  You have no idea what to say or how to respond.  My article written for Single Edition, Silent Nights? Online Conversation Starters You Must Try will help you to loosen up and get chatting with someone.

If you’ve found other successful ways of ‘chatting’ with people online, I’d love to hear from you.  Please send your tips and advice.

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Among the younger generation of celebrities in the news are Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, coupled on screen in the Twilight series’ as well as in real life.  It seems that many celebrities meet at work but how do you make this this type of union successful?  Whether together on the silver screen or next door office mates at an accounting firm, there’s no magic formula to making love last.  However, there are a few ways to maintain a healthy balance:

• Distance – If possible, separate yourself from your partner during work hours to avoid any conflicts, problems or disgruntled employees.  Many people look down upon or feel uncomfortable with work relationships so keeping your private affairs for after hours is advised.
• Communication-Never bring arguments or personal matters into work with you.  If you must talk with your partner do so during a break or at lunch. Remember that  intimate exchange over the company’s email system can be used against you so any conversations should be done using your own personal equipment or in person. The same rules apply when dating someone in the office as they do when two people are at separate jobs.
• Conversation Topics – When two people are dating, there’s a natural tendency to discuss work outside of the office.  If you’re employed at the same company, these conversations should be kept to a minimum.   It can create job overload and make the focus of your relationship one-sided.  Make a pact to limit shop talk to five minutes and don’t participate in office gossip.

With people spending more time at work than ever before, it’s inevitable that love relationships may develop.  This type of union can be successful if boundaries are established from 9-5pm.

Are you dating someone in the workplace?  Please feel free to share your story and advice.

More on Robert and Kristen here: http://www.ivillage.com/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson/1-a-120573

If you’re looking for a new, organic way to meet someone, you may be wondering where to begin.  Some people will say online dating is the answer but in reality, it’s been around for more than 10 years.  We think the best way to find love is to love yourself by enjoying the things you like to do or learning something new. Many relationships have started when two people engage in an activity, class or hobby. One thing is for certain, you’ll start off with something in common. Check out my article: How to Connect in Continuing Education Class and see if maybe it’s time for YOU to go back to school.

This article has also appears on : Blogher, YourTango, Divine Caroline and More.

This article was one of the first pieces that I wrote on the subject of dating and relationships. Interestingly, it’s still one of the most discussed stories, stirring up banter on the online sites where it appears.  The focus is on Christian singles and the article asks the question of whether or not a first date is the appropriate place to bring up faith.  Originally commissioned for Christian dating site, LoveandSeek, The Faith Debate has found its way onto sites such as as Blogher, Divine Caroline and More.

As a writer, it’s great when you can bring out such raw emotion in the reader.

Imagine breaking up with the love of your life and 10-15 years later, he leaves you an email or voicemail to say, “hello.”  How would it make you feel?  Bitter or hopeful?

It seems that rekindling with an old flame is becoming the new dating trend.  TV Land has a new reality show called, First Love, Second Chance?, a show dedicated to reuniting former lovers.  Before the TV Land original series aired, I wrote an article about people going back to their old high school sweethearts and long lost lovers called Rekindlers: Making Connections after Years Apart. The article provides advice on whether the old lover should be a courtship revival, or extinguished for good.  The article was originally written for Single Edition but also appears on Blogher, YourTango, Divine Caroline and More.

When you’re in your forties and fifties, it can be challenging to meet someone new but being older doesn’t mean you have to follow the same rules from your younger days.  In fact, age brings new avenues for meeting that that lifelong partner.  I’ve compiled several ideas and put them into my new article, Where to Meet a Mate if You’re Over 48. I hope this will be a good start and help singletons get out into the dating world again.

Originally posted on AolPersonals, this article also appears on sites such as: Blogher, YourTango, Divine Caroline and More.

If you’re a single baby boomer, and you just sent your last child off to college this year, you may be feeling alone and not sure what to do with your time.  Maybe it’s just you and Fido living under one big roof now. It’s okay to feel lonely, it’s a whole new experience but now could be the perfect time to start a new project, reinvent yourself or simply meet someone new.  I’ve pooled together a list of things you can do with your free time in my new article, 8 First Moves to Overcome the Empty Nest Blues. I hope this information will give you comfort, as well as the possibility of meeting a new partner.

This article has also appears: Blogher, YourTango, Divine Caroline and More.

Have you been married or in a long term relationship that recently ended?  If so, maybe you’re worried about dating again and not sure how to get back in the game.  Fear not.  There are many people in your situation who are feeling the same way.  Maybe my article, First Encounters – Second Time Around Fears, will help.

Originally written for Single Edition, it has appeared on sites like Blogher, YourTango, Divine Caroline, and More. Take a look, read it, and even comment on it.  I hope this will help you on your journey to finding love–the second time around.