Dating Mistakes

Just Another Awkward OKCupid Date

Winnie Kao | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Dating, Online Dating, Okcupid, Kissing, Dating in San Francisco, Online Dating First Date, Dating Mistakes, Culture News

I pulled back abruptly, completely in shock. What part of I-feel-uncomfortable-moving-so-fast did he not understand? I quickly got out of the car, grabbed the lilies that he had brought for me earlier in the night, and muttered goodbye.

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Deceit And Manipulation: A Cautionary Tale For Dating

Kasey Joyce | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Dating Website, Ex-Girlfriend, Cheating Relationships, Soho, Cheating, Dating Mistakes, Culture News

The relationship continued to grow until just after the couple's first year anniversary in October. That's when Jenn found a used condom in his bathroom.

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Can Your Epically Bad Valentine's Date Beat Mine?

Erin Joy Henry | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Dating Mistakes, Single Life, Valentines Day, Exes, Irrational Beliefs, Relationship Patterns, Self Love, Dating, Women News

This Valentine wasn't for sale, so I drove away with half of a meatball in my belly and annoyed that I had taken the time to even apply mascara.

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Catholic Speed Dating Gone Awry

Kerry Weber | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Catholicism, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Speed Dating, Papal Encyclical, Kerry Weber, New York, Religion News

I told myself it was a social experiment. To others, I described it as a low-pressure way to ease back into the dating scene after a painful end to a...

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Is It Love, Or Is It Insecurity?

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Dating Advice, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Insecure Boyfriend, Dating Insecure People, Love and Relationships, Insecure Boyfriends, Women News

An insecure man may seem sensitive and interested in you. In one way that it true: he is interested in the love you have to offer. But the insecure man can also be a bottomless pit that might just drain you of every drop of love you possess.

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Bra Clasps and Dating at 51

Michael Apstein | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Online Dating, Widowers, Dating Tips, Dating Advice, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Reinvention, Widow, Love Post50, Fifty News

Basically, I suck at dating. Maybe I waited too long. I was wrecked by the loss of my wife, and had young teens at home I was suddenly raising on my own, so despite friends and professionals pushing, I waited. About three and a half years I waited.

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Don't Be A Vienna: Six Relationship Mistakes That Women Make

Holly Sidell | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: The Bachelor, Relationship Advice, The-Bachelor-Breakup, Vienna Girardi, Jake Pavelka, Love and Relationships, Dating Advice, Holly Sidell, Dating Mistakes, The Bachelor Pad, The Bachelorette, Women News

Some men have very strong stereotypes about women that keep them from wanting to get into a relationship with, or commit to, us. Well, in calling upon my knowledge of Vienna, I could see exactly why men have those fears.

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He's Not The One

Holly Sidell | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Love and Relationships, Holly Sidell, Dating Advice, Dating, The One, Soulmate, Dating Tips, Single Women, Desperation, Dating Mistakes, Love & Sex, Women News

When we immediately go into dating someone with no knowledge of them other than hoping that he's "the one," we begin to project and create things that we want to see.

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7 Food Related Dating Dilemmas, Solved

Food Republic | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Dating Tips, Wine, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Dating Advice, Cooking, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Food News

We've taken 7 of the most common his 'n hers conundrums and solved them in style.

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The 5 Truths About Dating (That No One Ever Tells You)

Melissa Lafsky | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Melissa Lafsky, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Dating, Dating Advice, Dating Advice for Women, Dating Mistakes, Dating Tips, Love & Sex, Women News

People do find themselves 60 and alone. Hell, people die alone. No point in sugarcoating it. But whether this happens to you is a choice.

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Would You Introduce Your Ex to Your New Love?

Karen Buscemi | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Spouse, Divorce News, Divorce, Children, Dating, Dating Mistakes, Blending Families, Children of Divorce, Co-Parenting, Ex-Spouse, Coparenting, Books, Divorce News

It was a beautiful summer day, so when Frank and I stopped at a downtown restaurant for a quick bite...

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The Baggage Handlers: From Cougars to Capybaras

Ruth Andrew Ellenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funny, Divorce, Dating Advice, Dating Mistakes, Dating Advice for Women, Dating, Dating Men, Animals, Divorce News

Recently, the Baggage Handlers received the following query (and you can submit yours by emailing us here) and came up with this humble, but hopefully...

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How Long Should You Wait to Date?

Courtney Cook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fired, Education, Unemployment, Divorce, The Scarlet Letter, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Blended Families, Sexuality, Separation, Divorce News

When I was thirty and just out of my first marriage I moved with my two children to a teaching and dormitory faculty job at a prep school in New England.

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It's Just Me Against the Universe

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Google, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Dating Advice, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Chicago, Online Dating, Dating Tips, Relationship Tips, Chicago-Illinois, Blogging, Universe, Chicago News

Have you ever noticed that when you're looking for someone to date, nobody is around, but the minute you take yourself off the market, it's as if somebody opened the floodgates of eligible men?

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Three Hunks: Do the Rules!

Jag Carrao | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Rules, Dating Dos and Don'ts, Engagement, Relationship Advice, The Rules Redux, Dating, Relationship Mistakes, Relationship Coach, Marriage Advice, Dating Mistakes, Entertainment News, Style News, Dating Coach, Style News

It's one thing to hear dating coaches tell you how to behave to land the man of your dreams -- it's even more compelling when such wisdom comes from the mouths of dreamy men themselves.

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And the Survey Says...

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Relationship Advice, Relationships, Dating Advice, Dating Coach, Dating Mistakes, Online, Dating, Chicago, Online Dating, Dating Tips, Illinois, Relationship Tips, Chicago-Illinois, Online Journalism, Chicago News

As some of you have picked up on, either from my Twitter updates, or the quick mentions in my comments sections of past stories, I met someone a few months ago, and I want to see where it could go.

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Was Your Dad a Baker? Because You've Got a Nice Set of Buns

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

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I decided to throw caution to the wind, something I'm actually used to doing in my dating life apparently, and take the oddly charming drunken stranger up on his offer for a date.

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Speed Loving: Recipe for Disaster

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Singles, Dating Advice, Advice for Singles, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Speed Dating, Comedy News

Psssst... I have a confession to make and I have to get it off my chest. Not only do I not have the typical male problem of an inability to commit ...

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What We Can Learn From This Summer's Newsworthy Celeb Couples

Jessica Massa | Posted 05.25.2011

Summer is a time for fun, flirting and romance. And according to the tabloids and celebrity blogs that many of us guiltily read, it's also a time for ...

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Stuck Between a Rock and a (Not So Hard) Place

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: One-Night Stand, Hook-Up Culture, Dating Advice, Dating Coach, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Chicago, Glass Ceiling, Dating Tips, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

Why is it that men always think that women want more than they do? Women are very capable of having friends with benefits and nothing more.

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Carrie Underwood, Rules Success Story?

Jag Carrao | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Style News, Carrie Underwood, Relationship Advice, The Rules Redux, Dating, Relationship Mistakes, Relationship Coach, Marriage Advice, Dating Mistakes, Entertainment News, Engagement, Dating Coach, Dating Dos and Don'ts, Style News

Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider sent Carrie Underwood a copy of their book, The Rules. Practically overnight, it seemed like someone flipped a switch.

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Bossy Bethenny, But Rulesy Bride

Jag Carrao | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bethenny Getting Married? star Bethenny Frankel knows how to pursue her dreams. But when this high-powered entrepreneur met Jason Hoppy, she let HIM pursue HER.

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It's An Honor Just to Be Nominated

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Table Manners, Dating Advice, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Chicago, Online Dating, Dating Tips, Internet Dating, Female, Boys, Love, Chicago-Illinois, Bad Manners, Manners, Chicago News

I always tell people that dating is a numbers game, just like being in sales. You have go out on X amount of bad dates in order to get one good date.

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My Achilles Heel

Gena Grish | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Relationship Advice, Relationships, Dating Advice, Greek Mythology, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Chicago, Online Dating, Dating Tips, Internet Dating, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

"Greek God" is neither Greek, nor a God per say, but I swear to you ladies, his body is what the Greek Gods were modeled after. This man is universally handsome.

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5 Topics You Must Never Discuss on a First Date

Julie Spira | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gambling, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Dating Advice, Dating Coach, Dating Mistakes, Dating, Online Dating, Internet Dating, Julie Spira, Communication, Healthy Living News

Dating is a numbers game and you always need to put your best foot forward when making a first impression. It's important to prepare for your date em...

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