Dating: Step your game up
When you find yourself stuck in a dating rut, you probably don’t even realize that you have started to let things slip. Your efforts become less then enthusiastic. You start going through the motions. This is the best time to take a break from dating and focus on something else.
The dating scene in Atlanta is all about image and personality. You want to be able to stand out and make a connection with someone you find attractive. If you are not into it, it definitely comes across as aloof, uninterested, or obnoxious. Sometimes we have to step our game up and become a little more sharp!
Do you ever feel as if you are in a dating rut? What are ways to break out of it?
What are some ways to step your dating game up in flirting, mingling, or approaching someone you are interested in?
Happy Friday!
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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Comon Cents
September 14th, 2012
12:00 pm
I read 50 Shade but I was underwhelmed by it. While I like the erotica, the writing was crap.
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:01 pm
Lady – Just make sure you yell it out…lololol
CC – Just call you operation rainbow….lol
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:02 pm
or 3 and 10 smh lol
i'm swiss
September 14th, 2012
12:03 pm
Comon — You like erotic poetry? Ever read “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti?
i'm swiss
September 14th, 2012
12:04 pm
And when I say erotic, I don’t mean beat-you-over-the-head-with-it trash like (I presume) the 50 shades books. More subtle/metaphorical. But good, nonetheless.
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:05 pm
The camera does nothing for us ladies…lol I was thinking though, dang she’s got big thighs, while watching…lol As long as the man is happy, hey who am I? Seriously though, she can’t be, playing like that.
On 50 Shades, I gotta be frank (and I might be slighty off), it just seemed to me to be the craze/wave that stirred and aroused a bunch of loins that’s probably not been aroused like that in years. Again, I haven’t read it but that’s just how it seems. Oh, along from making a buttload of cash. I mentioned to my brother that I might buy and he said, don’t buy that trash…lolololol
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:06 pm
And really, you don’t need a book to get the juices flowing. Everything starts in the mind.
i'm swiss
September 14th, 2012
12:07 pm
“dang she’s got big thighs”
Cel — Those are some serious earmuff, fo sho. For advanced practitioners, only.
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:08 pm
Swiss – Hollers! When I say “LOL’d”, I mean it. You did not say “advanced practitioners only” Oh, my…whew
Willie Dynamite
September 14th, 2012
12:09 pm
Afternoon All,
Topic – what is this Game she speaks of? I realized I have none and wish to acquire some so I am taking notes today.
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:09 pm
THE MIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<<<LOVE THAT C~ it does mental stimulation rocks!
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:10 pm
Serena having an earmufflectomy would put to silence the entire world around her…lololololol
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:10 pm
Ironically~
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:11 pm
Lady – Somebody sold something to women they already had. Read the book, got the mind going hence the nether regions stirring. All in the mind.
i'm swiss
September 14th, 2012
12:12 pm
“Serena having an earmufflectomy would put to silence the entire world around her”
Cel — That’s the best part — when those thighs clamp down and it’s just me and the puddy & nothing else in the world.
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:12 pm
And back around to the topic, 50 Shades? Good mindblowing game…lol
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:13 pm
Swiss – LOLOLOL…becoming “as one”
Willie Dynamite
September 14th, 2012
12:13 pm
Swiss – nothing like being focused on the task at hand.
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:16 pm
4 hours and 44 minutes
i'm swiss
September 14th, 2012
12:18 pm
“nothing like being focused on the task at hand.”
Willie D — True, true. And, if you’re good, the task at left hand, right hand, pinky, thumb, lips, tongue, eyelashes, etc., simultaneously.
i'm swiss
September 14th, 2012
12:19 pm
And yes, I did say eyelashes.
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:20 pm
ok ready for some Friday Funnies~ humor me~ lol
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:21 pm
C~ seems the Apple CRACKHEADS are so geek about the iphone 5…….I could care less 0_o lol #random
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:23 pm
they pre-ordered and all its like a status thingy……..society is amusing~
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:23 pm
Lady – I’m slowing succumbing to Apple…lol I hope I won’t become an AppleCrackhead. I’m almost hyped from looking at the I-5
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:25 pm
lol ironically C~ lol get it and roll with them lol
Single and Happier "Life Happens!"
September 14th, 2012
12:26 pm
C, lady, what’s the hype behind this phone? I just don’t get it, when they are talking about all the things it will do I just don’s see it.
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:27 pm
Lady – As all addicts say or think, my addiction won’t be like theirs…lol
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:29 pm
C~ we all are addicts to something, I just like picking with AppleHeads~ Its all about control and thinking~ I digress~
SH who knows but I won’t know for a while I won’t say never but I am not pressed for it and never have been~
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:30 pm
Single – I don’t know…yet…lol I don’t have an Iphone but I see all the type. Honestly, I think somewhat along the lines of what Lady is saying, it’s the thing to have. But IMO, most phones will give you what you need. Outgoing/incoming calls, texting, email access, mobile banking, etc…those pertinent things. Being able to watch movies and listen to music galore, maybe not so much from other phones, but that’s what home/tv/cable is for. I loaded a movie on my Ipod once. I must say it was really cool to watch it, but honestly I would only need that traveling or if I’m going to be sitting a long time.
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:30 pm
hype not type
Single and Happier "Life Happens!"
September 14th, 2012
12:36 pm
Lady, C, I love technology, deal with it everyday, but I just don’t see the hype in every time something new comes out, I got to have it.
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:37 pm
but I just don’t see the hype in every time something new comes out, I got to have it.<<<<<<<<<<That is my point~ You get it! the thrill is overrated to me~ but who am I lol #carryon lol
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:37 pm
Well, I have an Ipod and heading towards the purchase of an Iphone. If I buy an Apple computer, I will officially be an AppleCrackhead…lol I really like Apple though. The products are top notch. I just think you can find quality stuff a bit cheaper.
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:38 pm
Single – Again, we’re seeing eye to eye
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:40 pm
C~ I feel you and folks can get what they please and very well can afford~ they hype is just funny but yeah I am all for folks liking their toys bc I love mine be it another brand or not~
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:40 pm
I almost had to bury my kid when I asked if she wanted a “Trac” phone…lololol Of course it was a joke, but I did it for the reaction. She was trying to get all “booghee” on my plan. Without a job, you can’t afford to get booghee. That was my point to her. She wanted to start off with a BB….ummm, not!
Single and Happier "Life Happens!"
September 14th, 2012
12:41 pm
C, I still have a zune, I got when they first came out, the battery went bad in it, and I was thinking about getting a new one till I saw how much they cost, I found out I could get a new battery for $12 so that’s the route I took, and it’s just like new
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:42 pm
Lady – Or be it something totally different. I think we all have indulgences or that one thing we like. Mine? SHOES!!!! I ain’t gonna pay a grip for a purse but I won’t skimp on shoes. I ain’t gonna spend my mortgage payment, don’t get me wrong, but if they’re nice and I like and I can afford it, I’m buying!
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:43 pm
Single – I’m really not trying to be funny but what’s a Zune?
Single and Happier "Life Happens!"
September 14th, 2012
12:43 pm
C, I’ve been nice and let my son stay on my plan since it’s only 10 a month, and we never use all our mins. He told me the yesterday he’s thinking about going to sprint, cause he can’t stand to be with out the internet anymore (LOL)
Single and Happier "Life Happens!"
September 14th, 2012
12:44 pm
It’s the Microsoft version of the Ipod, most haven’t heard of them so don’t feel bad (LOL)
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:45 pm
I heart Sprint! 13years strong!
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:51 pm
Single – Gotcha. Never heard of Zune.
Single – If he wants to go to Sprint…RELEASE HIM! lol
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:54 pm
Now, I have to have internet and email on my phone. I’ve been pulled into this new wave. I would have withdrawals if I didn’t have access…lololol
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
12:55 pm
now C~ I would TOO! accessibility is KEY!
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:56 pm
Lady – I would guess it’s safe to say we’re virtual/electronic crackheads…lol
My sister just went with Sprint this week.
Celisea
September 14th, 2012
12:57 pm
Single – Do you like Zune? I need to back up. It seems before I bought the phone before my BB, that I might have looked at (a) Zune. I can vaguely remember now but I don’t remember much about it.
Lady~favor ain't fair! :-)
September 14th, 2012
1:03 pm
yeah that is a fair assessment C~ LOL approved!
Single and Happier "Life Happens!"
September 14th, 2012
1:05 pm
C, I’ve always told him if he want’s to get all the bells and whistles for his phone he has to get it in his name, not trying to hold him back. I love my zune, I guess I just refuse to jump on the apple bandwagon.
I have everything on my phone with on 200mb of data that I’ve never even come close to using, I think the most I’ve ever used is about 60mb. most of the time I’m on wifi