Archive for April, 2008

Too-intimate first contact

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

DG reader Toni asks:
What is your sense about men who react to your online profile with a gushing email about how you are probably ‘the one’ for them, etc. and also who make several references to making love, the afterglow, etc. I feel uncomfortable when if a man seems to idealize me without ever [...]

Does he fit in your world?

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

For a relationship to work long term, I believe it’s important that you are able to fit into each other’s world. Not that you have to live parallel lives with the same profession, income, hobbies, etc.
But is important that you can easily slip into each other’s activities, gracefully converse with the other’s counterparts and dress [...]

Becoming besotted

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Are you easily beguiled? Do you wear your heart on your sleeve? Are you prone to become prematurely smitten?
Or are you more cautious, perhaps bordering on detached, especially early on in dating someone? You keep your heart sheltered for as long as possible? Then you either succumb to being moonstruck or lose interest as there’s [...]