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.</p><p id="42e3">These are the things that I believe led to me finding love:</p><h1 id="7a9f">Make Time</h1><p id="9b7a">So what do I mean when I say make time? Well, we are all busy with everyday life but if you want to succeed at finding love then you need to take things seriously. This means making time to have conversations with people, and to go on dates. Realistically, you will not meet anybody unless you make the effort. Consider deciding in advance how long you will spend each week on things like online dating.</p><h1 id="deb9">Try to Progress Things</h1><p id="8f22">There is no point in sending online messages back and forth forever, which can easily happen. If you have been speaking to somebody that you connect with for a few weeks, then it’s time to move to the next step. In my opinion, it is a time-waster to spend too long messaging.</p><p id="cde7">You may find that the person only wants to message, and does not want to move things offline. My suggestion would be to bring up the topic of meeting up after one or two weeks of messaging. Once you have brought the subject up, you will get an idea of how serious the person is.</p><p id="81c4">If you get responses such as “I’m busy” then this may be genuine. If the person that you are speaking to says that they are too busy to meet up on a few occasions, then it’s time to move on. A person that is genuinely interested would find the time.</p><blockquote id="3e81"><p><b>“Messaging must come with purpose, and that purpose is to meet.” — Ice White</b></p></blockquote><h1 id="7e30">Talk About Uncomfortable Topics</h1><p id="1fff">Congratulations! You have successfully been on a few dates, and things are going great. Before you make a decision of whether to start dating, you need to have a few uncomfortable conversations. Why? I hear you ask, well, this is to make sure that your potential partner wants the same things as you.</p><p id="33b0">Questions such as if they want kids, marriage, and their goals should all be asked. Imagine how you would feel a

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fter a few years in a relationship if you discovered you both wanted completely different things. Wanting different things could potentially end a relationship, and this would be more pain further down the line.</p><h1 id="732a">Leave Them Wanting More</h1><p id="616d">This tip relates mostly to the first date. If you’ve had a great first date and you’ve come to the end of your meal, drinks, etc., it’s a good time to say goodbye. This will make your date more likely to want to know more and feel as though they would like to spend more time with you. A lengthy date can become boring and stale if it goes on for an excessive amount of time.</p><h1 id="eea9">Gage Their Personality</h1><p id="d62e">It is important to learn early on about the type of person that your date is. Maybe they are an introvert, or maybe an extrovert who is larger than life. Whatever their personality you need to consider if it is the right personality type for you. There is no point being with somebody if they want to stay in every weekend, and you want to go for long walks.</p><p id="43da">The person that you end up with should be somebody who shares the same interests as you and should be the right personality match. It is also important to remember that you would be introducing them to your social circle, and consider if they would get on with friends and family.</p><h1 id="3c39">Go On Dates Regularly</h1><p id="7a10">Be prepared to go on lots of dates with different people before you find the right partner. If you are not feeling the connection after a few dates with one person, then accept it and move on. Life is too short to be going on dates with somebody that is not completely right for you. It is important to realise that you are not looking for a friendship, and that you could be spending time with somebody else that is more to your taste.</p><p id="bf83">These are some of the things that helped me to find love. I really hope that it works for you too, because I believe that everybody deserves happiness.</p></article></body>

How to Increase Your Chances of Finding Love

My top tried and tested tips.

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Looking for love can be much harder than it looks. There are some people out there who are lucky in love, and find the love of their life with very little effort. What about those of us that are not lucky in love? How do we go about finding love? Well, that is the big question that many of us ask.

I was single for many years. I had a small circle of friends, and never met anybody new through my social circle. I also felt as though there was not an opportunity to meet people through my job because I worked with the same people every day. At the weekends I would go to bars with my friends but quickly found that this was not an ideal way to find love. The problem that I encountered with bars and nightclubs was that it consisted of drunken conversations that were not very meaningful.

In an effort to find “the one” I signed up to a dating website. It did not improve things for me. Although the site was very active and I received a lot of messages, they were from people looking for one-night stands, people that were not my type, and some people that seemed to have bizarre behaviour.

During my time on dating websites, I did get as far as going on some dates. Things rarely progressed past a couple, because it would fizzle out or one of us would decide that we were not interested. This dating drama went on for a few years before I decided to take a break.

Being a brave person I decided to go back to online dating after a one-year break. This time it was different, and I did find love.

These are the things that I believe led to me finding love:

Make Time

So what do I mean when I say make time? Well, we are all busy with everyday life but if you want to succeed at finding love then you need to take things seriously. This means making time to have conversations with people, and to go on dates. Realistically, you will not meet anybody unless you make the effort. Consider deciding in advance how long you will spend each week on things like online dating.

Try to Progress Things

There is no point in sending online messages back and forth forever, which can easily happen. If you have been speaking to somebody that you connect with for a few weeks, then it’s time to move to the next step. In my opinion, it is a time-waster to spend too long messaging.

You may find that the person only wants to message, and does not want to move things offline. My suggestion would be to bring up the topic of meeting up after one or two weeks of messaging. Once you have brought the subject up, you will get an idea of how serious the person is.

If you get responses such as “I’m busy” then this may be genuine. If the person that you are speaking to says that they are too busy to meet up on a few occasions, then it’s time to move on. A person that is genuinely interested would find the time.

“Messaging must come with purpose, and that purpose is to meet.” — Ice White

Talk About Uncomfortable Topics

Congratulations! You have successfully been on a few dates, and things are going great. Before you make a decision of whether to start dating, you need to have a few uncomfortable conversations. Why? I hear you ask, well, this is to make sure that your potential partner wants the same things as you.

Questions such as if they want kids, marriage, and their goals should all be asked. Imagine how you would feel after a few years in a relationship if you discovered you both wanted completely different things. Wanting different things could potentially end a relationship, and this would be more pain further down the line.

Leave Them Wanting More

This tip relates mostly to the first date. If you’ve had a great first date and you’ve come to the end of your meal, drinks, etc., it’s a good time to say goodbye. This will make your date more likely to want to know more and feel as though they would like to spend more time with you. A lengthy date can become boring and stale if it goes on for an excessive amount of time.

Gage Their Personality

It is important to learn early on about the type of person that your date is. Maybe they are an introvert, or maybe an extrovert who is larger than life. Whatever their personality you need to consider if it is the right personality type for you. There is no point being with somebody if they want to stay in every weekend, and you want to go for long walks.

The person that you end up with should be somebody who shares the same interests as you and should be the right personality match. It is also important to remember that you would be introducing them to your social circle, and consider if they would get on with friends and family.

Go On Dates Regularly

Be prepared to go on lots of dates with different people before you find the right partner. If you are not feeling the connection after a few dates with one person, then accept it and move on. Life is too short to be going on dates with somebody that is not completely right for you. It is important to realise that you are not looking for a friendship, and that you could be spending time with somebody else that is more to your taste.

These are some of the things that helped me to find love. I really hope that it works for you too, because I believe that everybody deserves happiness.

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