The Dating Truth

Have you ever been on a date with someone and it went horribly wrong? You didn’t have a good time and at the end of the date you thought, “I knew it.”

We all make mistakes in dating and we have all been victims of our own poor judgments but when we’re wrong about someone we date, I find it far more helpful to think, “I knew better.”

I don’t know anyone who likes making mistakes. We feel dumb, regretful and upset with ourselves when we make them yet they’re unavoidable.

Dating can be full of missteps and errors. Doing … CONTINUE READING…

There are easier things in life than trying to find a nice guy…like nailing jelly to a tree for example

Recently my self-proclaimed mentor Paul Carrick Brunson, blessed Essence.com with an insightful article titled “10 Underrated Men & Why You Should Date Them”.

Surprisingly, there was a little backlash to the absurd suggestion that women should settle or lower their standards.

Having dated almost every man on the list (even man boobs) I was surprised by the eye rolls and head spins the article created and decided to blog about it.

As did my homey The Champ of VerySmartBrothas.com… CONTINUE READING…

Spring is in the air and for many singles who’ve spent a long lonely winter looking for love, it’s a blessing. If you have told yourself that you’re ready for a relationship, I’m here to help you get one.

Finding the love of your life doesn’t just happen overnight. This is the first post of The Dating Truth.com‘s 5-step process of how to lay the foundation for love to come to you, instead of you always looking for it.

There are two kinds of people who end up in relationships. There are those who want one so badly they … CONTINUE READING…

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition – Timothy Leary

When was the last time you paid for a date?

This week I was reading one of my favorite dating advice blogs, www.evanmarckatz.com. He listed an interesting mix of articles and websites that had caught his attention, the #2 most visited being a link to poll results done by LearnVest about who should pick up the check on a date.

Ultimately the popular answer was the man or (in the case of same-sex relationships) whoever asks.

My reaction was, “Are we still talking about this?” If … CONTINUE READING…

I don’t have a lot of sex. Never has it ever been a dilemma in my life whether or not to have sex on the first date. In my mind, if you have sex with a stranger the very first time that you go out, it’s likely to be your last date. Of course there are exceptions to the rule and we all have that one girl’s cousins, sister’s, neighbors, uncles, and nanny’s best friend who had sex on the first date and ended up happily married. Exceptions to the rule exist but be real, they don’t apply to most … CONTINUE READING…