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What are the complications of dating?
Hello, and welcome back to Advice Session, a series here on Anything Goes where you send in your current dilemmas or anything that you want advice on, and I give you my unprofessional advice. And today's topic is dating complications. Dating and romance and love can be absolutely incredible.
Why can't I develop feelings for my dates?
But as with all things that can be absolutely incredible, it can also be miserable and challenging and complicated and confusing. And that's what we're going to be discussing today. The complicated side of dating and romance and love. Without further ado, let's begin. Somebody said, I can't develop any feelings for any dates or any guys that I've met recently. Is it me? This is such a frustrating feeling and I deeply relate to it because I've been there many times. I feel like there's this pressure to go on dates and feel things relatively quickly. Like, okay, if you go on five dates, there's this expectation, like, at least one of those should work. But it's not that simple. There's no... predictable outcome, right?
You might go on a hundred dates and not click with any of those people. And that is neither your fault or theirs. Whether you click with someone or not is arguably up to the cosmos. You know what I mean? It's written in the stars. It couldn't be less of your fault or their fault. It's no one's fault. It's just how it is. You can't control if you click with someone. And to blame it on yourself is to cause yourself unnecessary grief because it is so normal to go on a bunch of dates and click with absolutely no one. And the best thing that you can do is honor your instinct that it's not working and not bark up the wrong tree and try to force something to work that isn't working. I will say, though...
It is a bit complicated because there are times when you might be in a certain state of mind, you might be in a certain phase of your life that is preventing you from connecting with people that you're on a date with. And that's something to consider. Now, I would argue that that's almost your subconscious and the universe protecting you from getting into a relationship at the wrong time. But when you ask the question like, hey, why am I not connecting with anyone I'm going on a date with? Is it me? I guess sometimes it can be you, right? But I would argue it's beyond you. It's a state of mind that you're in. You're not ready. Maybe you too recently broke up with your ex. Maybe you're going through a really hard time on a personal level and bringing somebody else into the picture would be really complicated. And your brain doesn't have the capacity to be excited about someone. That's absolutely possible. And that's something you should... And consider, am I in the state of mind to be dating right now anyway?
Do I even have the energy, the capacity to give myself and my attention and my vulnerability to someone? You have to be in a pretty healthy state of mind to do that. And if you reflect on yourself and you're like, huh, yeah, I probably don't have the capacity to be dating right now.
Is it normal to struggle with dating?
then yeah, it might in some ways be you, but I'm hesitant to say it that way because that kind of has like a negative connotation, like, hey, there's something wrong with you. That's why these dates haven't been working out. No, you're just not in the right state of mind.
How do I know if I'm in the right state of mind for dating?
But what I do think is important about figuring out if it's just simply you not clicking with these people, which is absolutely possible, or if it's potentially a combination of that and the fact that you're not in the right state of mind for it, That's an important distinction because, you know, you might not want to write off these people that you're going on dates with right now. You might want to consider another date down the line if you've reflected and realized, you know what, I'm not healed from my past relationship. I'm going through too much on a personal level. It's the wrong time for me. Now, I also think it's very normal to struggle to find meaningful connection in dating. Dating is tough.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the complications of dating?
0:00–0:20
2
Why can't I develop feelings for my dates?
0:20–3:32
3
Is it normal to struggle with dating?
3:32–3:46
4
How do I know if I'm in the right state of mind for dating?
3:46–18:02
5
What does it mean to choose to love someone?
18:02–27:51
6
How should I approach a long-term relationship?
27:51–28:30