Have you gotten that close to a real relationship with a guy plenty of times, but just as things are about to get more intense, they fizzle away and die? Are you doing something that keeps him from becoming increasingly attracted to you? Would you like to fix whatever it is that you're doing wrong and finally get a romance off and running in the right direction? For the most part, women out there are making the same common mistakes.
Here's a look at the top three.
See if you're guilty of any of them, or worst still, all of them.
Pressure to Perform No one likes to have pressure put on them to feel a particular emotion.
We feel what we feel and want the freedom to do so.
So once someone starts hinting about how they feel about us, hoping we'll feel the same, all we end up feeling is the stress of it all, and that's not really where you want to go.
Let the relationship takes its own course.
If it's meant to be slow and unsure, there's really no sense trying to push it to be quick and to the point.
All you can really do is ensure that every date with him is as pleasant as possible, for him as well as for you.
Set aside the nagging and badgering and opt for more love and attention, and simply have fun with him.
Overindulgence When we meet a new guy we're often on our best behavior and that's normal.
But some women go one step further and are overzealous in their desire to make their new man happy.
They buy extravagant gifts, run unreasonable errands and are constantly at his beck and call.
While being nice is, well nice, you don't want to get too saccharin with him.
Buying a man an expensive watch after only a month of dating is creepy.
Fetching his dry cleaning is downright humiliating.
And if you choose to be on call to his every whim, he'll eventually stop calling at all.
It's Your Life It's tempting.
This guy is so cute, so nice and so romantic you want to be with him all the time.
So you drop your dance class, abandon your friends and stray from your family in order to have more time for him.
This will come back to bite you in the long run.
You'll regret dropping the things that were important to you and he'll feel cornered by your constant presence.
Relationships are about balance.
Keep it and you won't kill the attraction.
Here's a look at the top three.
See if you're guilty of any of them, or worst still, all of them.
Pressure to Perform No one likes to have pressure put on them to feel a particular emotion.
We feel what we feel and want the freedom to do so.
So once someone starts hinting about how they feel about us, hoping we'll feel the same, all we end up feeling is the stress of it all, and that's not really where you want to go.
Let the relationship takes its own course.
If it's meant to be slow and unsure, there's really no sense trying to push it to be quick and to the point.
All you can really do is ensure that every date with him is as pleasant as possible, for him as well as for you.
Set aside the nagging and badgering and opt for more love and attention, and simply have fun with him.
Overindulgence When we meet a new guy we're often on our best behavior and that's normal.
But some women go one step further and are overzealous in their desire to make their new man happy.
They buy extravagant gifts, run unreasonable errands and are constantly at his beck and call.
While being nice is, well nice, you don't want to get too saccharin with him.
Buying a man an expensive watch after only a month of dating is creepy.
Fetching his dry cleaning is downright humiliating.
And if you choose to be on call to his every whim, he'll eventually stop calling at all.
It's Your Life It's tempting.
This guy is so cute, so nice and so romantic you want to be with him all the time.
So you drop your dance class, abandon your friends and stray from your family in order to have more time for him.
This will come back to bite you in the long run.
You'll regret dropping the things that were important to you and he'll feel cornered by your constant presence.
Relationships are about balance.
Keep it and you won't kill the attraction.