Note: This is the first of a two-part series. Following is a partial summary of why people today have a hard time meeting, connecting, bonding and falling in love: Think carefully. Out of a hundred single available potential partners, how many do you think you’ll be attracted to? Out of the ones you’re attracted to, […]
Falling in Love Alone
Dear Neil: I have been in a hot, furious, torrid, erotic love relationship which recently ended abruptly, and I am at a loss to understand why. “Eric” was everything I had hoped for. He was romantic, charming, sensitive, adorable and emotionally available. He said he loved me, he acted like he loved me, he talked […]
Tips for Finding That Special Someone
When You Don’t Have a Valentine It’s Valentine’s week, and you don’t have anyone special to call your own. Sound familiar? Here are the best ways of finding that special someone if you’re looking for a Valentine: Go where people have the opportunity of talking or interacting with each other, such as an adult-education class, […]
Internet Dating
Dear Neil: I have dated several different men I have met on the Internet. Do you have any thoughts or advice about Internet dating? Curious in Longmont, Colorado Dear Curious: In a relatively short period of time, Internet dating—meeting someone through a singles dating service such as Match.com or Yahoo Personals—has exploded in popularity and […]
Wooing
Ah, springtime. The time when nature wakes up again. Birds migrate back to the north. Plants burst out of the ground with a profusion of green everywhere. Flowers bloom. Fish spawn. Animals breed. All of nature comes alive. Including us. And the way many of us express that aliveness, stimulated by springtime, is through urges […]
Strategies For Meeting Strangers
You’re at the grocery store checkout, waiting in line C, when you spot a vibrant brunette waiting in line A. You’d love to meet her, but how? You’re at the tenant’s association meeting and you see someone who is hot, hot, hot. Is he married? Living with or involved with someone? Do you ask him, […]
Where Are All The Available Men?
Dear Neil: I’m 54, and I find one of the biggest challenges is getting the attention of an available man my age. The majority of men over 40 are looking, not for women their own age, but for women 5 to 20 years younger. In addition, a man can be single without it necessarily meaning […]
Looking To Remarry? Learn This First
Are considering remarriage? If you wish to avoid being among the 60% of people whose second marriage fails, learn these lessons. Marriage, being a relationship consisting of two people, allows us to virtually always fault the other person when problems arise. So if we have trouble getting along or we disagree on things, I can […]
What You Can Do About Loneliness
Note: this is the second of a two-part series. Everyone has lonely times. The loneliness may last for a few hours, a few days, a few months—or you may feel as if you have always been lonely. Loneliness forever desires contact, and is always defined with feelings of sadness. The following is a collection of […]
Lonliness Can Be Tackled
Note: this is the first of a two-part series. Loneliness is always a unique experience. The word means different things to different people, but for most, a description for loneliness would include words and phrases such as despair, emptiness, incompleteness, devoid of love, not being comfortable with yourself, feeling as if there’s nobody who cares […]