- Date a few people at a time until you’re ready to become exclusive with one.
- When words and action don’t align, pay more attention to actions.
- The three most important elements of a partner are kindness, consistency, and character.
- Don’t make assumptions about your date. Learn about your date by getting curious.
- Don’t bring your past relationships to your present relationship or date. See each person as a clean slate.
- When a person first reveals him/herself to you, pay close attention. That’s when you learn most of what you need to know.
- If a woman has shown clear interest to a man on a first date, she doesn’t need to text the next day to remind him that they had a great date.
- Know your absolute must-haves in a relationship. Don’t sway from that list.
- If a woman wants a take charge man, she should stop making all the plans.
- You don’t need a perfect body and face to be attractive. Attraction is about confidence in who you and what you’ve got. Work it!
- Don’t invest more into a potential partner than they invest in you.
- Don’t put someone on a pedestal. They will only look down on you.
- Balance your heart and head, and enter a relationship with your eyes wide open. The character and values you see at the beginning are what you will get at the end.
- Women need to stop hoping they can somehow fix a man.
- Don’t waste time in a relationship with someone who doesn’t value you.
- Don’t plan the future before there’s a present.
- Each date is an opportunity to learn something about yourself and about dating. Have fun and be present.
- As grandma said, every pot has a lid. Don’t give up hope.
- Your self-esteem is equal to the quality of the person you attract.
- Be the chooser. Don’t go into every dating thinking, “I hope he/she likes me.” Go in thinking, “I hope I like him/her.”
20 of My Best Tips for Finding Love After 40
