Whether it’s a first date or the 457th, it’s important to be respectful and polite to ensure that you both have a great time. Big Smiles It’s understandable to be nervous or shy on a date, so overcome this by making sure your date feels comfortable. A warm, genuine smile, combined with eye contact, puts…
Dear Dr. Chloe, My Boyfriend Has Not Followed Through on His Promise to Propose, What Should I Do?
Dear Dr. Chloe, I am a 32-year-old woman who would like to marry and have children with the right man. I met someone special last spring, and after a careful period of dating for six months, we became exclusive with a plan to become engaged by Thanksgiving. However, he never proposed and now becomes defensive…
Stop Telling Singles to Try Online Dating
The wedding industry is booming in the post-COVID world. Yet the fuss over wedding flowers, gowns, and photographers can’t cover up an ever-growing reality: A large portion of the American adult population is single. Nearly half of Americans over the age of 18 land in this category, according to the Census Bureau, and 62 percent…
Why Writing Your Dating Profile to Attract a Certain Type May Backfire
by Erika Ettin Tribune News Service Sometimes writing your online dating profile feels like you’re trying to crack a code. How do you encapsulate that you’re outgoing but equally content with a Saturday night reading a good book, or that you’re interesting but not to the level of being intimidating? It’s a challenge to capture…
Leftover Women and Elusive Men
March 15, 2022
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Commentary China is grappling with the problem of what to do with what they call “leftover” women—unmarried women, often highly educated and urban, who can’t find a mate. Communist officials are finding their proposed incentives to persuade these women to marry unemployed men are meeting with stiff resistance. Meanwhile, as the communist regime struggles with…
Finding a Love Match: Dating Dos and Don’ts
Dating, or even just making new friends, can be difficult if only because it involves two people wondering what the other one is thinking. We’ve got a few suggestions to make it go smoothly. Slow Is Smooth Whirlwind romances or instant best friendships don’t have the foundation required for a lasting relationship. Take time to…
Finding a Perfect Mate Starts With Oneself
The online world is negatively affecting the American dating scene. If you didn’t suspect that already, an experience recorded by Villanova professor Anna Bonta Moreland over at First Things will make that clear. Moreland gave her students an online discussion assignment to share their dating experiences. The results were very moving and revealed how tired these young…
Dating: The Old-Fashioned Path to Love and Romance
OK. I agree with some of you right off the bat. What’s a 70-year-old guy doing giving advice about dating and courtship? In words made famous by the man we now call president, “Come on, man!” Agreed in part. I am “old, and grey, and full of sleep,” as the poet Yeats once wrote of…
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