Take the Next Step
By Bonny Albo, About.com Guide to Dating
From the first look that gets your interest to meeting the parents, from moving in together to getting engaged, and even from breaking up to moving on, the relationship journey can be as daunting as it is rewarding. Let me answer your questions and provide you with the tools you need to polish your dating game, so you can enjoy whichever relationship stage you happen to be at today.
Create Intimacy
Maintaining a loving relationship is a major priority for many singles and couples. But why do some people have long-term intimate relationships that last for years, while others struggle with intimacy of any kind? Learn romantic techniques, obstacles to intimacy, and how to move towards a more connected relationship now.
Long Term Relationships
Want a long term relationship, or in one already? Hard work or piece of cake, this is where you`ll find suggestions and tips on how to make your long term relationship the one of your dreams.
- Create a Healthy Relationship
- Managing Long Distance Relationships
- Should We Take This Relationship To The Next Level?
- Meeting the Parents
- Poll: How Long Do You Date Until It's Exclusive?
Getting To 'I Love You'
Some relationships never make it this far, while others are barreling down the road at full speed well before most people would even consider saying 'I Really Like You'. So how do you know if you're in love, or alternatively, how do you get there? These articles attempt guide you along that lovin' path and show you the way.
- What Is Love?
- How Can I Tell If I'm in Love?
- Are You Ready To Fall In Love? Quiz
- Is It Love... Or Lust? Quiz
- Love Calculator
- Ways to Say I Love You on Valentines Day
- Keeping the Love Alive in Long Distance Relationships
Breaking Up
Relationship advice about break-ups, making it through breaking up, how to mend a broken heart, rejection, what to do after a breakup, break-up warning signs, coping with infidelity, and getting back together after a breakup.
- Break Up Rules
- Essential Comforts for the Recently Broken Up
- Create a Simple Explanation for the Breakup
- Using Food To Mend a Broken Heart
- Top Breakup Books
Moving On
Reflection as to why you've broken up, including any patterns associated with your break-up, is an important step of moving on. Learn how to break dating patterns, whether or not to stay friends with your ex, and getting closure.
Dating Again
In order to date again, you'll need to overcome relationship hurdles needed to meet someone special. Why not take some time as a single person to prepare yourself for the process?
