Dating advice. You don't think you need it until there is a problem. Whatever your need, someone "who has been there done that" on this dating blog has an answer. For serious relationship challenges, see a professional counselor, not all contributors are licensed on this blog. Dating advice, relationship tips, communication skills, red flags, healthy boundaries, love, marriage, and personal growth.
Dating Tips - Crazy Women Rarely Look Crazy
The woman you might call, "Crazy" wasn't that way when you first met her. You wouldn't have thought to call her such back then. The words you chose were most likely positive. "She is cute, funny, sweet, and smart," you said. In the past, there was no possible way for you to know about a date's oddities; therefore, start forgiving yourself (if you haven't already) for missing the clues. The odd woman didn't wear a t-shirt that said, "I'm a bit off," but if she had, you probably would have avoided her, unless of course the t-shirt was wet. Then you probably would have at least considered talking to her if nothing else.
Some men think with their eyes and body parts then wonder why they can't seem to find the right partner, while others have been burned so much that they learn not to dismiss those warning bells that go off in their minds no matter how sexy, pretty, wealthy, or smart a woman might be. Chances are you have steadily outgrown this mindset too since meeting your mad dame and others like her. All the sexiness in the world means nothing when you are being emotionally or physically abused! You probably believed there was nothing about your fine-looking female early on that alerted you to what was dancing around in her mind. But there were signs and this book is going to cause you to think about much so that you can be at peace about whether you should stay or go. -- excerpt from She's Crazy by Nicholl McGuire
In Love Again -- What Does it Take?
Do you want to feel that "in love" emotion? Well you can do some things to awake the sleeping heart in a relationship full of mundane routines. Try the following:
1. Plan special times together monthly discovering new activities you never experienced together.
2. Separate for awhile. Focus on goals, dreams, assist a relative in another state...getting away for an extended length of time is not only liberating, but will help you decide whether the relationship is worth saving.
3. Find the time to communicate with one another outside of the norm.
4. Share new things about one another or fun stuff that has happened during the day.
5. Upgrade your appearance. Do away with some things that don't enhance your look. Exercise, watch your eating habits, and rid yourself of toxic behaviors from gossip to recreational drug use.
6. Stop spending so much time with family, friends, co-workers...and bragging about everyone but your partner.
7. Buy your partner something when its not a holiday.
8. During tough times, encourage your partner by sharing personal stories of triumph.
9. Be happy for your partner when good things happen. Ask if he or she needs assistance in meeting goals or performing tasks.
10. Take the children on an outing for at least once a week and help with chores. Give your partner some free time.
Express your love through writing, song, dance, video, etc. whenever possible, your partner needs to know that you love him or her. Remember what you are unwilling to do, someone somewhere will fulfill the void especially if your partner is attractive.
Nicholl McGuire
1. Plan special times together monthly discovering new activities you never experienced together.
2. Separate for awhile. Focus on goals, dreams, assist a relative in another state...getting away for an extended length of time is not only liberating, but will help you decide whether the relationship is worth saving.
3. Find the time to communicate with one another outside of the norm.
4. Share new things about one another or fun stuff that has happened during the day.
5. Upgrade your appearance. Do away with some things that don't enhance your look. Exercise, watch your eating habits, and rid yourself of toxic behaviors from gossip to recreational drug use.
6. Stop spending so much time with family, friends, co-workers...and bragging about everyone but your partner.
7. Buy your partner something when its not a holiday.
8. During tough times, encourage your partner by sharing personal stories of triumph.
9. Be happy for your partner when good things happen. Ask if he or she needs assistance in meeting goals or performing tasks.
10. Take the children on an outing for at least once a week and help with chores. Give your partner some free time.
Express your love through writing, song, dance, video, etc. whenever possible, your partner needs to know that you love him or her. Remember what you are unwilling to do, someone somewhere will fulfill the void especially if your partner is attractive.
Nicholl McGuire
Give It Some Time - Online Dating and Watching for the Crazies and Manipulators
Months go by and still one is trying to meet that special person, what gives? You have been ghosted, lied to, analyzed, mistreated, manipulated...these people online are crazy, wild, wounded, and desperate. It isn't you, right? It's always them.
One of the biggest mistakes people make when dating on or offline is they simply don't be themselves. They go about the dating world pretending to be easy-going, fun, sweet, nice or whatever else they wish to be. Yet, as time goes on true colors are revealed and what was once so beautiful or handsome turns out to be a minion from hell!
Give yourself some time when online dating. Allow at least four seasons to go by before committing to an exclusive relationship. Also, don't assume that you know someone very well after a week of talking and a month of dating. People who are good at deceiving others can keep up a false persona for a long time before their act begins to unravel. Watch out for the following red alert signs when dating people who might potentially be a problem for you:
1. They often say things that are inaccurate, misunderstood or downright strange. You find yourself often puzzled, worried, or upset after talking to them.
2. They pretend to know things that they really don't. When asked specific questions, they contrive answers that are not comprehensible, deviate from the subject, or act as if you misunderstood them.
3. They are easily upset or confused when under pressure and curse much about the littlest of things.
4. They are often unhappy, miserable or ill.
5. They fake happiness, but upon closer inspection you quickly realize the individual is messed up.
6. They don't have any good relationships with others.
7. They mismanage many things including: finances, household, children, job duties, etc.
Online dating isn't easy no matter how workable and convenient the dating apps and websites. People are complex at times and don't always look or act in ways that we expect. Brace yourself for the future disappointments. As much as we want to believe that someone will always be one way or the other, we know that when life throws a curve ball, people do change.
Avoid assuming the worst about others, but don't be naïve and lose your common sense either--like shunning away those warning bells that tell you things like, "I don't trust this person...something is wrong...I suspect she is crazy...not my type."
Keep in mind manipulators hope that you fall in love fast. They hope you think the world of them so that they can start getting whatever they want from you sooner rather than later. They know that one day you will find them out.
Nicholl McGuire
One of the biggest mistakes people make when dating on or offline is they simply don't be themselves. They go about the dating world pretending to be easy-going, fun, sweet, nice or whatever else they wish to be. Yet, as time goes on true colors are revealed and what was once so beautiful or handsome turns out to be a minion from hell!
Give yourself some time when online dating. Allow at least four seasons to go by before committing to an exclusive relationship. Also, don't assume that you know someone very well after a week of talking and a month of dating. People who are good at deceiving others can keep up a false persona for a long time before their act begins to unravel. Watch out for the following red alert signs when dating people who might potentially be a problem for you:
1. They often say things that are inaccurate, misunderstood or downright strange. You find yourself often puzzled, worried, or upset after talking to them.
2. They pretend to know things that they really don't. When asked specific questions, they contrive answers that are not comprehensible, deviate from the subject, or act as if you misunderstood them.
3. They are easily upset or confused when under pressure and curse much about the littlest of things.
4. They are often unhappy, miserable or ill.
5. They fake happiness, but upon closer inspection you quickly realize the individual is messed up.
6. They don't have any good relationships with others.
7. They mismanage many things including: finances, household, children, job duties, etc.
Online dating isn't easy no matter how workable and convenient the dating apps and websites. People are complex at times and don't always look or act in ways that we expect. Brace yourself for the future disappointments. As much as we want to believe that someone will always be one way or the other, we know that when life throws a curve ball, people do change.
Avoid assuming the worst about others, but don't be naïve and lose your common sense either--like shunning away those warning bells that tell you things like, "I don't trust this person...something is wrong...I suspect she is crazy...not my type."
Keep in mind manipulators hope that you fall in love fast. They hope you think the world of them so that they can start getting whatever they want from you sooner rather than later. They know that one day you will find them out.
Nicholl McGuire
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