quotations about dating
Dating isn't fun. It's not always awful, mind you, and sometimes your date will do something unexpected and lovely, like open the door for you and pretend that he likes cats. But the most valuable reason to embark upon a dating spree is for the wisdom--and the great stories.
LAURIE PERRY
Crazy Aunt Purl's Home Is Where the Wine Is
When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands. When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated and ambitious. Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.
SHERYL SANDBERG
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Most if not all of your relationships will begin with some potential. But as you continue to date, you are likely to learn things about some of your potential partners that indicate that you are not a perfect match. Since dating is more a process of elimination than of selection, this is a common dating experience.
ALISON BLACKMAN DUNHAM
The Everything Dating Book
Only married people think dating is fun.... You have a sweet nostalgic notion that dating is happy and charming, and fluttery first-date feeling. In real life ... dating is like playing Russian roulette with humans. You could meet a nice guy who doesn't want to tie you up (much), or you could meet that crazy guy who secretly posts ads on Craigslist looking for a woman to pee on him.
LAURIE PERRY
Crazy Aunt Purl's Home Is Where the Wine Is
For some, dating is best described as an experience to endure until you meet someone to take you out of the meet market.
ALISON BLACKMAN DUNHAM
The Everything Dating Book
Repeat not the manner of a flirtation; for lo, all the world shall hear of it, and women will taunt thee.
GELETT BURGESS
The Maxims of Methuselah
Because dating is a human exercise, it can be a tightrope fraught with danger. You will be dating imperfect people, and some of them are more imperfect than others. In addition, you are not perfect either, so that complicates the picture.
HENRY CLOUD
God Will Make a Way
He'd written me up a proposal of why dating him was a sound decision. It had included things like "I'll give up cigarettes unless I really, really need one" and "I'll unleash romantic surprises every week, such as: an impromptu picnic, roses, or a trip to Paris--but not actually any of those things because now they're not surprises."
RICHELLE MEAD
Spirit Bound
Courtship before marriage is too often like a brilliant short preface before a dull, ill-written, lengthy book.
ELIZA COOK
Diamond Dust
Dating is primarily a numbers game.... People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That's just the way it is.
HENRY CLOUD
How to Get a Date Worth Keeping
Dating should be a part of your life, not your life a part of dating. There is more to life than finding a date. But at the same time, dating is a part of your life, and if your "traffic patterns" don't include new people, they are not serving that part of your life.
HENRY CLOUD
How to Get a Date Worth Keeping
Habits and attitudes established during the dating years generally carry over into marriage.
MYLES MUNROE
Waiting and Dating
Dating is more than a cup of coffee and less than signing a lease.
SHARON ROMM
Dating After 50
Most of us don't stop to think about what to look for in the dating process, and yet the choice of who to go out with and continue dating is probably one of the most important decisions we'll ever make in our lives. It is also, all too often, one of the most unconscious choices made.
NINA ATWOOD
Be Your Own Dating Service
Dating is a battleground filled with deception and infidelity.
ANDREW S. TREES
Decoding Love
Everybody knows the pressure of a first date: Searching for that perfect outfit. Hunting for ways to be engaging. Dissecting each detail when it's over to check for mistakes. Dating can make even the most confident person lose his cool.
KELLY STARLING
Ebony Magazine, May 2000
Dating is really all about sex. In the conventional context, this means that the man invites the woman to go through a social encounter, the ultimate purpose of which is sexual engagement.
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations
Dating is not only a wonderful time of life, but also a context for enormous spiritual and personal growth. You learn so much about yourself, others, God, love, spirituality, and life through dating. Done well, it can be fulfilling in and of itself. Done well, it can be one of the most fun and rewarding aspects of your life. Done well, it can lead to a good marriage.
HENRY CLOUD
How to Get a Date Worth Keeping
Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
HENRY CLOUD
How to Get a Date Worth Keeping
When I'm single, I don't focus. I focus on a guy if he's a boyfriend, but I don't focus on finding a boyfriend. They're never around when you want them.
SCARLETT JOHANSSON
Seventeen Magazine, May 2007