Mark Rosenfeld

It’s empowering to feel trusted. It’s an acknowledgment that you think he’s a great guy. Jumping to negative conclusions, being paranoid or consistently doubting his intentions, on the other hand, is offensive to someone trying to earn your trust. He might just withdraw emotionally, because he can’t trust you to believe in him.

Dating is an enlivening and fulfilling experience that, even in itself, is worthy of some serious enthusiasm. Approach it like the adventure it is and allow yourself to feel the excitement of anticipation. Let go of any ‘rules’ you have surrounding that mythical perfect guy and date guys with traits you may not have considered before. Make dating a priority and, like everything else in life, you’ll soon reap the rewards of a proactive approach.

Relationship labels.

Body language really does speak volumes.

Many relationships fail because we have higher expectations of others than we do of ourselves.

Love, including its declaration, is the greatest gift you have to offer a man. Treat it as such.

Are you dating the Romeo?

This ‘rescuer’ mindset is all too common, and one that, sadly, has the opposite effect on the man.

Have you ever felt most loved by a man when you were doing things to help him?

I get that text messages are infinitely more convenient.

From the way he talks to the way he walks or looks at you – pick something he does that drives you wild and tell him about how much it riles you up.

Create a list, equal to the size of the previous one, of traits you did not like about him. The important point here is: Equal.

If you watch other women flirting and feel like it’s something they’re just ‘born with’, think again.

He seems to like you…

You want to get back some small piece of property.

The days you’re not with him, you prioritise other activities, people, and ‘you’ time because you’re aware that, as a man you’re only seeing casually, you’re not his full-time source of love and support.

Being naturally challenging is never fully being sold on a man.

Men need to feel loved too.