So there you are on your first date and your mind goes blank. Quick, what can you chat about? You’ve got another 3 hours to go. Whether the date’s going well or really badly, your conversational charm is everything when you meet someone for the first time. Get it wrong at your peril.
We all know [...]

Body language experts make me laugh. Let’s face it, they’re paid good money to speculate (usually at length) about the positions, poses and weird bodily gestures we all make, which apparently have deep and interesting meanings.
Rather like art critics, I’m thinking these experts are paid to find hidden meanings where perhaps none lie, and nowhere [...]

This list was harder to compile than it looks. There was me thinking I could reel off dozens of famous chaps I’d turn down date-wise, but actually, I’d give most a fighting chance! Indeed, some of the below I do actually have a soft spot for.
But that’s not what this specific list is about. [...]

First dates are pretty scary things on the whole. Not only do you have the irrepressible nervousness of spending the evening with a stranger, but you have the initial trauma of choosing what to wear! ‘Dress to impress’ we always hear, but what does that mean exactly? And, more importantly, what does that not mean?!
For [...]

There are many ways to build self-confidence but the first thing to do is to look in the mirror and ask if you like yourself. You have to spend 24/7 with you, so liking yourself does make life easier and makes you much more confident about yourself.
If there are bits about yourself that you don’t [...]

Breakups happen. People grow apart, choose separate paths or find new adventures to take. The reasons may not make sense to everyone around, but the break-up still happens. The issue may arise that you have developed a friendship with both parties. Finding the line between being supportive and being an agitator can be tough on [...]

It’s no good trying to tell anyone ‘there’s more to meeting someone than looks’ because, while it may be true, looks are certainly the first thing we look at on an online dating website. Of course, age, personality and interests are important, but it’s also important to make the most of your own profile picture, [...]

A first date is a rite of passage in any person’s love life. Most of us will have them several times throughout our lifetime, meeting tens, perhaps nearing hundreds of potential ’suitors’. There is, however, one fundamental difference when having a first date with someone you met online: you already know a lot about them.
Unlike [...]

Gift giving causes many people stress. We worry about the finances of gift giving. Responses of the recipients haunt our thoughts. Gifts can be a joy for the giver and the receiver. The key to a great gift lies in the heart of the giver. Offering something to another that is backed with love and [...]

Ways to Show You Care
In todays bustling, hectic world, we are often left with very little time for ourselves, let alone anyone else. We communicate online and at the end of a busy working day it can be difficult to find the time to catch up with people. Here are some easy ideas to show [...]