| When we hit the dating scene in our teens, romantic | | | | health clubs, churches and volunteer organizations are |
| controversy can make us feel grown up. But when | | | | great places to find a serious date. |
| we're done dating for fun and begin looking for Mr. | | | | What Kind of People are you dating? |
| Right, the romantic vagaries that once excited us can | | | | In terms of looks, most of us have a certain "type" |
| become depressing. Just as relationships can suffer | | | | of man that we prefer to date. However, we also |
| from holding patterns, so can the dating process. If | | | | tend to prefer a "type" of personality. When you're |
| you're looking for Mr. Right but he's nowhere in sight, | | | | dating for fun, a man who id goof looking but whose |
| there are two questions that, when answered | | | | personality is merely "interesting" can make for an |
| honestly, improve your chances of finding love | | | | exciting string of hot nights. However, when you're |
| Where Do You Look for Dates? | | | | ready to meet your soul mate, you need to look for |
| In many dating advice books, we're told that any | | | | that aspect personality that's hard to detect during |
| place is a good place to find a date. However, we | | | | the first few dates: character. |
| often develop a routine that narrows our dating pool | | | | While most men display chivalry, politeness and |
| to bars and nightclubs. Are bars and nightclubs a bad | | | | kind-heartedness as they attempt to win you over; |
| place to meet dates? Not necessarily. But they're | | | | when they exhibit these characteristics as a means |
| much better places to actually go on a date. The | | | | to an end, they soon start showing their true colors. |
| reason? Alcohol. When people drink, they become | | | | If you continually date men whose personalities don't |
| more outgoing. Meet them sober and you might | | | | hold, seeming to go from light to darkness in a |
| encounter a different person. By the same token, | | | | matter of weeks, it's time to start evaluating your |
| they might find a different person as well. | | | | dates' character instead of just sampling their |
| Bars and other nightspots are a great place to cut | | | | personality. Instead of just exchanging sweet |
| loose and lock lips with handsome strangers. But if | | | | nothings, try to mix in some questions that reveal a |
| you're looking for you're soul mate, you would have | | | | man's convictions, deeper passions and serious views. |
| more success in places whose atmosphere is | | | | If you find that his responses reveal animus, you can |
| conducive to judging compatibility. Instead of bars, | | | | safely assume that you're not dating Mr. Nice Guy. |