dating

All about dating. First dates, three years into a relationship, Tinder, and more.

Can No Strings Attached Turn Into a Relationship?
Turning a no strings attached fling into a serious relationship is a tricky thing but not an impossible one. This has often happened and has even taken some center stage where a one night stand has led to serious relationship. This happens commonly when the two partners have been close friends for a time; however, closing these lines requires much thinking through things beforehand.
By Cathy8 years ago in Humans
From Me to You
Love. How do you discuss a topic on an extremely vague, controversial and bitter-sweet feeling? It’s four letters, one word, minuscule almost—however, it’s one of the most overrated and underrated experiences someone goes through at least once in their lifetime. Everyone has different perceptions of love and they all go through it very differently in several ways. Whether you’re still in love, whether it ended badly or faded into nothing, whether you’re experiencing something unrequited, it’s an experience we all find ourselves lost and inevitably invested in for a long time.
By Michelle Lui8 years ago in Humans
Fooled
More fool me I guess. I'm smarter than this and I know it, but why cant I stop myself thinking about you still? I'm the first one to tell others ways of dealing and moving on from emotions that are damaging them. Turns out I'm not so great at practicing what I preach.
By Sasha-Leigh Hazlewood8 years ago in Humans
How to Deal With Dating Someone Richer Than You
My current boyfriend and I were old classmates of one another, and we recently reconnected and started dating. We had similar upbringings, but while my parents were remortgaging the house for the third time to pay for tuition fees, my boyfriend was touring the world with his family. I'm not putting myself on a high horse or chastising my boyfriend's family for their way of life, for they are genuinely kind and warm people whom I love spending time with. My boyfriend's values and my values are well-aligned with one another, and I honestly couldn't imagine being with anybody else. But sometimes issues do arise when you are dating someone of a different wealth bracket, and these are some ways to handle it like a damn adult.
By AM8 years ago in Humans
Love in the Digital Age
This is a subject that has interested me quite a lot for some time now, and I have even written about it before on an old blog of mine.
By Cecilie Godsk Jensen8 years ago in Humans
Polyamory for Neophytes
What follows is a true story, but names have been changed to preserve the integrity of its players. We had been seeing one another for about two weeks, I guess. One night I logged onto social media, and there they were: three words haphazardly thrown into a comment on a shared music video that Ben tagged me in. My heart raced, it hadn't been long enough, but I felt it too! And his eyes! His grin when he laughed! It was right, even if it was soon. The next night, we shared those words in person. I stumbled right into his empty spaces, and he graciously came to dwell in my newfound empty nest. I had never lived with a lover before, never really felt this way. We stayed like that for two months, cheek-to-cheek we slept. We shared Christmas together. The world was bathed in a soft, taffeta glow.
By Aubrey Woody8 years ago in Humans
Jealousy
As I sit here, typing this out on my laptop, my fiance of five and a half years (boyfriend for seven) is at work where he has made friends with female co-workers who have his phone number, connect with him on social media, and text him regularly.
By Krista Almazan8 years ago in Humans
Can Long-distance Relationships Ever Work?
While online dating can be a marvelous way of getting introduced to a diverse range of potential partners, sometimes transcending cultural or even geographical boundaries, it can have its drawbacks. Falling for someone who happens to live some distance away is obviously not ideal, especially if you’ve previously enjoyed relationships where you’ve been used to spending a lot of time in each other’s company. But you don’t always think of the practicalities when you browse through women looking for men and find yourself smitten with a profile photograph and description. Once you start communicating with this person and feel that spark of chemistry, do you ignore it simply because they don’t live a few blocks away?
By David Elmers8 years ago in Humans
They Don't Have Your Heart
It has taken me a long time to realize that the love that you give in this world, will not always be the love that you receive. I have constantly learned that lesson throughout my twenty-six years of life on this earth. I have learned it from my parents, my siblings, my friends, and especially from relationships. I have also learned that lesson from the companies that I have worked for. It wasn’t until I graduated from high school and my closest friend sent me a text that said “I don’t need you anymore.” Talk about crushing someone’s heart. I knew that we would be going in separate directions but I had no idea that we would no longer need each other. Or should I say that she wouldn’t need me. As I went off to college, I realized that I didn’t really have as many real friends as I thought, although I got along with and talked to everybody. So I turned to dating, which is something that I had not done much of. This comes from being sheltered. I never got out much. I always spent my time at home or with my parents. If I went out with my friends, it was maybe once a month. When I started to date, I realized just how much men could lie and how every single one of them were sex-crazed. The very few men that I have given my heart to have yet to hold onto it. When I found a relationship that I actually thought was worth it, I realized that I was the giver. Which isn't surprising because I was the giver in all of my friendships and you see how that worked out for me. I would always give more to people than I got back. My time, attention, love, thoughts, effort, and on very very few occasions, money.
By Shanita Marshall8 years ago in Humans
Still Searching
In women, I like the small delicate ones, the ones who look as fragile as snowflakes. The ones with ebony black hair and that read Shakespeare. The ones who speak words as poetic as their souls and who don't belong in this world. The ones with the cold fingers and the broken hearts.
By Sydney Scarlet8 years ago in Humans
Hospital Love
The hospital chairs were anything but comfy, the TV in the background droning on and on about what was happening in the world. Riley sleeping thanks to the medication, soundly. I’ve been here for weeks. Sitting by her side, fighting her on eating, brushing her hair so that it wouldn’t get matted and form a horrible knot. She shouldn’t be here. She was too young.
By Kelly Hoerl8 years ago in Humans
Situationships
The beginning... You've all had that childhood sweetheart right? That one guy at school you thought would be your forever and that you'd get married, buy the dream mansion, go on romantic holidays and have 6 babies (4 boys, 2 girls) and live happily ever after. Yeah... Me too. And I know, our expectations were clearly too high because that is definitely not—and rarely ever—how it pans out.
By Lauren Atkiss8 years ago in Humans