Picture this: you've been in isolation for a long time...
Perhaps you should back away?
Not yet.
Dating post covid could feel a bit weird because you have been far away or isolated from that person you love.
How do you date after the corona restrictions have been lifted?
1. Harness the Internet and set your date ahead of time. A call or instant messaging will do the trick here. Try and be patient with the person you are setting a date with.
2. Pick a day that you are free from work or studies, preferably the weekend or a public holiday. Make sure the time set by both of you is convenient.
3. Meet your date in an open space, for example a restaurant or a cinema. Going to the house on first date is not advised for health and safety reasons. Remember, sex isn't a good idea on the first date.
4. Inform your family where you will be and leave the date's number with someone you trust. Carry other people along. It is not just you alone. You gave a family to cater for.
5. While on the date, put your phone away to avoid distractions. Looking through your phone signals anxiety and won't help in the long run.
6. Go for a walk before and after the date If it goes well, feel free to ask for another date.
Finally, be bold to go on the date in the first place. Try and observe covid safety precautions like having hand sanitizer, facemasks and other essentials.
Relationships are like every human association and suffer wear and tear after a beautiful start. Ultimately, if not checked, the relationship spirals into a bitter conclusion, sometimes ending in a break-up (or divorce for married couples).
Like a phone that is clogged with several issues leading to constant crashes and false starts, one may need to give a relationship a soft restart (or reset) for a Fresh Outlook.
Even when things are going rosy, taking some time aside to evaluate the relationship could shore up hidden debris that might destroy the relationship if left unchecked.
In conclusion, you may need to start the affair over; leaving the equipment associated with quarrels and bitterness behind. Remember that restarting a relationship with the same individual using an action plan called “the reset button” is something that we ought to do often to spice up the relationship..
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Love can be a strange thing for some people. No two persons love the same way in a relationship.
How odd could relationships get due to individual differences? Today you are in love, tomorrow you just want to be out of love.
Perhaps understanding a person's love language will help in managing the relationship.
What if there is a way to READ and SPEAK a person's love language, that is, knowing how to communicate with someone lovingly without making mistakes?
The love language is a scope that controls love expressions and intimacy.
The five love languages are: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch.
The diverse love languages exist on a spectrum, and it is humanly feasible (and a good thing) to learn to “speak” the entire five love languages. Hence it is not a fixed or permanent thing that I LOVE VIA PHYSICAL TOUCH or I PREFER WORDS OF AFFIRMATION.
Can a person have all 5 love languages?
There are five different love languages, and you can often be a hybrid of more than one: words of affirmation, meaning you relish being notified you're loved; acts of service, which means that you respect it when your partner does something like clean the Kitchen; giving gifts, helping out with assignments.
In the year 2000, research demonstrated that the five love languages can be a more beneficial framework than other strategies to helping couples communicate, but an investigation conducted in 2017 implies that the five love languages only function when both partners exhibit reasonable self-regulatory behaviours.
In the end, your 5 love Languages will show forth if you nurture them properly. Just enjoy being in love.
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Relationships could be a difficult nut to crack for some people. Sometimes, it happens miraculously for some people who are not even looking for love in the first place. For others, love is like a treasure hunt: you keep hoping and wishing for the best.
If you are in the category of those who feel they are cursed to forever be alone, well this post is for you.
1. Be the Right Person
This is the starting point and agrees with the golden rule of DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WANT THEM TO DO TO YOU. It isn't wise to be looking for the right person when you are the wrong one who will destroy the Relationship finally.
2. Move out of your comfort zone
Ok, you have solved the matter of being the right single who is ready to mingle, what else? Well, you may have to move out of your comfort zone to find your love. This includes changing neighbourhoods, religious affinity, or even travelling across oceans to find your missing rib.
3. Make the bold move
Take the bold step when you have identified the person. Some persons will crush on a person and spend eternity looking and wishing that the other person makes the first move. You may wait forever. Just make the move boldly.
4. Have open-minded, honest communication
Be open to your significant other. Yes, there is nothing wrong with keeping some secrets, but being overly sensitive or secretive will hurt your Relationship more in the long run. When you have the opportunity to talk about something with the person you are dating, be honest.
5. There is power in Compromise
Sometimes you may need to argue to share your opinion on a particular decision. Just try and do it peacefully and remember that you may have to lose a battle to win some wars. Don't attempt to be right all the time. Have it in mind that the end goal should be the upliftment of the stakeholders in the Relationship.
6. Be optimistic
Optimism is a fuel that could power your new relationship to great heights. In this dating tip, whether you are heading out for lunch or facing a rough patch in the friendship, be sure to have it in mind that things will get better in the end. A negative mind is like a bad tyre that ruins a good journey.
7. Maintain External Relationships and Interests
The fact that you are dating someone does not make the Relationship mutually exclusive to both of you. You have family, friends and work to cater for. Never let your date come between you and your external relationships and interests. Try and strike a balance.
Those are my Dating Tips for today. You have something else to add? Feel free to post it in our comment box below.
