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Ben Hart

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405 total appearances

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Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

Like you don't want to continue in these long situationships and then waste. All of a sudden you get in one, two, three situationships and all of a sudden you got like three or four years out of a prime moment for you. I don't think that's fair enough, right? And I think that you need to communicate it in a way that's understanding.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

Like you don't want to continue in these long situationships and then waste. All of a sudden you get in one, two, three situationships and all of a sudden you got like three or four years out of a prime moment for you. I don't think that's fair enough, right? And I think that you need to communicate it in a way that's understanding.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

Like you don't want to continue in these long situationships and then waste. All of a sudden you get in one, two, three situationships and all of a sudden you got like three or four years out of a prime moment for you. I don't think that's fair enough, right? And I think that you need to communicate it in a way that's understanding.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

And after you've vetted a little bit, a lot of women that I speak to are trying to figure out commitment a little too soon. Like a couple of weeks in, they're like, well, I don't know. You think he's going to come in? I'm like, well, you're still vetting him. You're still going to get to know him. And that's why I kind of give the framework of like the two and a half, three month mark. Because...

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

And after you've vetted a little bit, a lot of women that I speak to are trying to figure out commitment a little too soon. Like a couple of weeks in, they're like, well, I don't know. You think he's going to come in? I'm like, well, you're still vetting him. You're still going to get to know him. And that's why I kind of give the framework of like the two and a half, three month mark. Because...

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

And after you've vetted a little bit, a lot of women that I speak to are trying to figure out commitment a little too soon. Like a couple of weeks in, they're like, well, I don't know. You think he's going to come in? I'm like, well, you're still vetting him. You're still going to get to know him. And that's why I kind of give the framework of like the two and a half, three month mark. Because...

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

It's fair enough if you guys have one, maybe two dates a week at that point. That's a good 12, et cetera, dates in there at minimum. And if he doesn't know if he wants to commit to you by then, you kind of have to make a call on that. And you can't just say, he should have done it. Well, he's not in control of your life, and he might see things very differently.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

It's fair enough if you guys have one, maybe two dates a week at that point. That's a good 12, et cetera, dates in there at minimum. And if he doesn't know if he wants to commit to you by then, you kind of have to make a call on that. And you can't just say, he should have done it. Well, he's not in control of your life, and he might see things very differently.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

It's fair enough if you guys have one, maybe two dates a week at that point. That's a good 12, et cetera, dates in there at minimum. And if he doesn't know if he wants to commit to you by then, you kind of have to make a call on that. And you can't just say, he should have done it. Well, he's not in control of your life, and he might see things very differently.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

So you should take control of your life and kind of do something about it. It doesn't have to be a hard line, but it has to be like, hey, if this is not going to continue, I totally get it. That's fair. That's respectable. And he can only say, well, I really respect that, even if he didn't want to.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

So you should take control of your life and kind of do something about it. It doesn't have to be a hard line, but it has to be like, hey, if this is not going to continue, I totally get it. That's fair. That's respectable. And he can only say, well, I really respect that, even if he didn't want to.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

So you should take control of your life and kind of do something about it. It doesn't have to be a hard line, but it has to be like, hey, if this is not going to continue, I totally get it. That's fair. That's respectable. And he can only say, well, I really respect that, even if he didn't want to.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

What do I see? It depends, right? I think this like idea of,

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

What do I see? It depends, right? I think this like idea of,

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

What do I see? It depends, right? I think this like idea of,

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

femininity and masculinity has gotten a little overplayed but you can kind of see them go both sides right i can see you see more productive successful women in the workplace that have kind of developed what one would call or consider a little bit more of masculine traits and maybe you've seen that as a result as a response a lot of guys have sat back a little bit more and not been overly aggressive in their pursue in some sense because of a variety of reasons which we can get into but

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

femininity and masculinity has gotten a little overplayed but you can kind of see them go both sides right i can see you see more productive successful women in the workplace that have kind of developed what one would call or consider a little bit more of masculine traits and maybe you've seen that as a result as a response a lot of guys have sat back a little bit more and not been overly aggressive in their pursue in some sense because of a variety of reasons which we can get into but

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

femininity and masculinity has gotten a little overplayed but you can kind of see them go both sides right i can see you see more productive successful women in the workplace that have kind of developed what one would call or consider a little bit more of masculine traits and maybe you've seen that as a result as a response a lot of guys have sat back a little bit more and not been overly aggressive in their pursue in some sense because of a variety of reasons which we can get into but

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

I've seen a little bit of that, right? You've seen a little bit more of a lighter pull on men just because of like their jobs per se and what they do. And maybe the testosterone is going down. All these things are playing a role. And, you know, hypergamy tends to be typically more real than not. And there is that. And that affects how women and men choose for sure.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#520 What He’s Really Thinking in the First 3 Dates: Flirting, Communication & Navigating the Early Days of Dating with Dating Strategist Ben Hart

I've seen a little bit of that, right? You've seen a little bit more of a lighter pull on men just because of like their jobs per se and what they do. And maybe the testosterone is going down. All these things are playing a role. And, you know, hypergamy tends to be typically more real than not. And there is that. And that affects how women and men choose for sure.