Sunday, June 28, 2009

Dating Dilemma: To Talk or Not to Talk

I recently spoke with a woman in her late 20's whose boyfriend of over a year moved to another country to pursue a career for an indefinite amount of time.  He was supposed to come back to the States a month ago to be with her, but decided to stay on overseas a bit longer.

She told me that she wasn't sure if she should stick with the guy since he left.  She isn't sure if he will ever want to be married or have kids.  He professes his love to her often.  The problem is that she read his journal and he wrote that he wasn't all that into her and wasn't sure that he would want her to move overseas to be with him.  Yikes!

My advice to her:

1.  I write a lot of things in my journal and later change my mind, so it doesn't necessarily mean anything.  
2.  She should talk to him.  Not to give him an ultimatum, but because they have been together for awhile.  She doesn't even know if he wants to have kids or get married some day.  So she could approach it in a practical way and tell him she just wants to know what he wants in a relationship.  Perhaps his staying there IS the answer to her questions.  But open communication is the best way to have a meaningful relationship. 

She is concerned about being alone when she is 33.  I don't know why that is the cutoff age for her.  33 is young!  But if it is a concern, then she shouldn't waste her time with a guy who won't want to marry her.  

If it were early in the relationship I would tell her to relax and enjoy it.  But she has invested enough time already that she deserves some answers. 

Most importantly, she shouldn't have read his journal.  That shows that there is a communication gap.  Talk to the guy!

What would you have told her? 

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Dating Tip # 1: Who Should Pay Revisited....

Okay.  I know I already posted about this issue.  But my friend told me a dinner date "who should pay" horror story.  Well.  It's not that bad.  But if this dude wanted to get anywhere with this gal he made a poor choice.

Here is the dating tale of terror . . .

My friend goes on a date with a guy.  He shows her pictures of his Mercedes (the dude has money).  She is an art teacher so doesn't have a huge salary.  He orders a bunch of appetizers, sake,  expensive sushi.   More sake.  At the end of the date he says, "You wanna split this one?" What the?  She ended up having to pay $60 which is a hefty fee for someone who wasn't planning on paying.  She didn't even eat very much.   

There are some lessons in this fellas: 

Lesson 1: if you want to impress an artsy lady on a date, be sure to tell her you want to split the bill at the beginning.  AT LEAST.  Although offering to pay will go a long way.  

Lesson 2: Whether you like it or not, women talk.  Once she tells her friends a story like this it is OVER for you!  The friends will concur that the guy is clueless and not worth the effort.   She told me the story didn't she?  And look.  Now its on the web....


Some of my favorite listings

I'm going to share some of my favorite sites for NYC event listings to help y'all in the search for a date or for a place to take that special someone.  There are a lot of event listings for New York.  But these are some of my favorites....

FOR GALLERY OPENINGS GO TO:


FOR GENERAL EVENT LISTINGS TRY:


MUSIC LISTINGS:

1. Ohmyrockness (There is a link on the right of the page to FREE shows)