I admit that I am 100% guilty of not taking this advice in the past. I met one ex-boyfriend after his married best friend hit on me. Then, there was the guy whose friends all made a group pact that they would never get married.

For years, my single friends and I consoled one another after breakups or blow-offs by employing reductive reasoning, repeating a misinformed, yet token girl power refrain: "He's probably just intimidated by you -- you're strong, smart and successful -- and that scares him."

I encourage clients and women in general to date a lot, and to rarely say no to new suitors and new opportunities. By going on a lot of dates, you are actively practicing your dating skills.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.