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The Best Dating Advice For Women (From A Woman Who Has Been There)

I could've written three novels, started a business, and hiked the Appalachian Trail with all the wasted time and energy I spent not knowing how to date. I'd been going about finding a match all wrong, and I didn't have very much fun. I realize my past experiences made me who I am today, but I still wish I could go back in time and give some dating tips to poor, clueless, younger me. There are probably more alternate universes where I'm still living solo than where I'm married because so much luck was involved in finding my guy. When I started seeing my husband, I was gobsmacked to realize how much I didn't know about dating, so it is no surprise I didn't meet my husband-to-be until I was in my 30's. Don't let yourself waste as much time as I did, maybe you can learn from what I wish I had known about dating. Finding a romantic partner is only one of many goals you can have at the same time. There's a difference between making something a priority and having an obsession.

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I don't have to tell you that dating today is the most complicated it's ever been. Anyone who owns a phone knows that truly connecting with someone—and seeing them consistently enough to build an actual, exclusive relationship gasp —is tougher than an overcooked steak. But that's where dating rules come in: When you have guardrails in place to help you stay in your lane and protect you from less straightforward souls, the road to finding The One becomes much easier to navigate. Of course, everyone should have their own set of dating rules, cherry-picked to their own wants and needs. Ideally, these rules will push you toward healthy relationships and pull you away from what could become one-sided or toxic ones or not relationships at all, a. Keep in mind that sometimes the rules that are most crucial for you to follow through on might be the ones that are the least fun to keep, so try not to blow off your own dating rules just because you find them challenging. You put them in place for a reason—trust yourself, girl!

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7 Dating Tips for Women from Men

But hindsight is a wonderful thing, right? We do the best we can based on what we know at the time. Besides, the experiences I had shaped me into who I am today and led to meeting my current partner, who I love very much and think is a great match for me.

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