Tagged: Dating advice
New Dating Lingo – Part 2!
New Dating Lingo – Part 2!
Just as you are getting familiar ‘ghosting’ , ‘benching’, ‘breadcrumbing’ and ‘cuffing season’, can you believe there are more terms that have been coined that are related to poor dating behaviour?
Alone in the City: The Metropolis and your Love Life
Alone in the City: The Metropolis and your Love Life
The dating scene can be tough – and, when you’re living in a big city, it can be especially difficult.
How to Make Long-Distance Relationships Work
How to Make Long-Distance Relationships Work
As Vida’s international matchmaker, I am often connecting people that live in different cities, and often different countries. In order for these relationships to flourish, the people involved have to be open-minded that a long-distance relationship CAN work.
How Shared Values Lead to Successful Relationships
How Shared Values Lead to Successful Relationships
Love is the product of the interaction between a myriad of complex forces – of which one prime example is shared values.
When Love Languages Don’t Align
When Love Languages Don’t Align
Do you find yourself tripping up in the effort to express love? As a professional psychologist, I delve into how to move forward in a relationship when your love languages do not align.
Fireworks and Gratitude
Fireworks and Gratitude
At Vida we are definitely international, which means we love our members and friends to experience the best of all celebrations throughout the year. November the 5th in the UK is what we call Bonfire Night, a celebration of a foiling of the plot to destroy parliament celebrated with a big fire and an often-huge firework display. In the US and with American friends in London we love Thanksgiving. But where to go to enjoy the festivities? Here are my top tips:
Happiness and the Pursuit of Love
Happiness and the Pursuit of Love
What is happiness?
It is a question that has befuddled us since time immemorial. At its heart, though, simply lies the need to understand how best to live our lives.
The Five Love Languages: My Take as a Professional Matchmaker
The Five Love Languages: My Take as a Professional Matchmaker
As a professional matchmaker at an elite dating agency, I am always keeping abreast of the latest psychological research into romantic relationships. As we each perceive and feel love in different ways, the key to a great relationship is to learn to speak the ‘language’ of the other person.
Moving to New York: A Change in Dating Culture
Moving to New York: A Change in Dating Culture
American or not, dating in New York City can be a shock to the system for anyone who isn’t a fully-fledged, self-described, all-out New Yorker. Ultimately, only one thing can prepare you for dating in NYC: dating in NYC.
A Guide to the NYC Gay Scene
A Guide to the NYC Gay Scene
Dating in New York City can be hard, and sometimes more so if you’re gay man. NYC is a forward-thinking, cosmopolitan place, and on the whole the city refutes heteronormativity and thoroughly embraces its LGBT community, but it can still be tough out there.
Love vs. Life: Finding Balance in your Dating Schedule
Love vs. Life: Finding Balance in your Dating Schedule
Love vs. Life: Today, perhaps more than ever before, everyone is incredibly busy, whether with travel, work commitments, kids, family. And hey, being busy is great – up to a point. But what do you do when you have a hectic schedule, yet really want to be looking for love?
5 Hot First Date Locations
5 Hot First Date Locations
With endless date spot options, where does one start? Look no further, read on for my top 5 hot first date locations.
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