quotations about dating
Most of us don't stop to think about what to look for in the dating process, and yet the choice of who to go out with and continue dating is probably one of the most important decisions we'll ever make in our lives. It is also, all too often, one of the most unconscious choices made.
NINA ATWOOD
Be Your Own Dating Service
Successful dating is not a destination, but rather it is a journey. This journey can either continue as marriage or friendship.
NOAH MITCHELL
The Nitty Gritty
All men love to have difficulties to conquer in courtship.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON
Sir Charles Grandison
Think of this date as a first step. Dating is a process and it takes time. Sure, you'd like to find instant chemistry, mutual attraction, and common interests. That's the ideal. But there are many other possible outcomes. If you approach the situation with curiosity rather than rigid expectations, you'll be less likely to be disappointed.
SHARON ROMM
Dating After 50
Dating is more than a cup of coffee and less than signing a lease.
SHARON ROMM
Dating After 50
There is so much hurt in this game of searching for a mate, of testing, trying. And you realize suddenly that you forgot it was a game, and turn away in tears.
SYLVIA PLATH
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
HENRY CLOUD
How to Get a Date Worth Keeping
Trying to combine parenting with early stage dating is like walking a tightrope while wrestling a dolphin: highly slippery, inadvisable, and just plain dangerous.
JOY BROWNE
Dating for Dummies
Everybody knows the pressure of a first date: Searching for that perfect outfit. Hunting for ways to be engaging. Dissecting each detail when it's over to check for mistakes. Dating can make even the most confident person lose his cool.
KELLY STARLING
Ebony Magazine, May 2000
Dating is like using the treadmill. If you don't do it often enough, you might as well not do it at all.
BEVERLY GROSSMAN
Women Who Date Too Much
Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "taking," you are not getting it.
HENRY CLOUD
How to Get a Date Worth Keeping
Everything he does while you're dating is like a crystal ball predicting what he's going to be like after you're married. If you don't like a habit of his, honey, unless you fix it before the altar, it's there to stay.
BETHANY JETT
The Cinderella Rule
Dating is an activity with a variety of purposes. For young people just beginning to participate in this activity, dating may be seen primarily or exclusively in recreational terms, devoted simply to testing one's attractiveness to the opposite sex and having fun, as the term "dating game" implies. However, eventually dating relationships tend to become more sustained and serious, and at some point dating begins to be seen more directly in terms of the goal of selecting a mate.
MARTIN KING WHYTE
Dating
Pushing for promises, when the person you're dating is reluctant or unsure, is a recipe for disaster. A relationship has to evolve at a speed that causes the least discomfort to the person going the slowest.
SHARON ROMM
Dating After 50
Dating with no intent to marry is like going to the grocery store with no money. You either leave unhappy or take something that isn't yours.
JEFFERSON BETHKE
Love That Lasts
Dating is about casting a wide net. It's about having faith that there is someone out there for you and knowing you can help him find you.
LAURA DOYLE
The Surrendered Single
Women become attached to men through the favours they grant them, but men are cured of their love through those same favours.
JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
"Of Women", Les Caractères
Triple dating is like double dating, with referees.
JACK NEARY
Jerry Finnegan's Sister
The thing about dating is that it's hardly ever called a date. It's "let's hang out," "let's get together," "let's get some food," or "let's go get some beers." Those are all ways of asking someone out for a date.
SYLVIA HOWELL
How to Survive Dating
Dating is a numbers game, and online dating has the best odds.
JUDSEN CULBRETH
The Boomer's Guide to Online Dating