I have some advice that you might find cheesy, but I hope you might find it inspirational.  Problems with relationships always relate back to self-confidence.  Everyone must love themselves before they can truly love someone else.
Many years ago in the transitional period between college and “real life” I found myself floundering around a bit and was falling into the common problem of questioning who I was if I was alone away from a boyfriend or close friends and family.  This period of life is definitely extremely challenging and can result in intense feelings of loneliness, low self-confidence, and depression.  It’s …read more

This is a common relationship story that happens often to both men and women.  You find yourself in a relationship that you think is blissfully perfect.  You dream of a happy future with a big house, babies, and a white picket fence.  You imagine your life together as a perfect happily ever after.  And then you get dumped.
This abrupt and unexpected type of break-up can be the most emotionally crushing, but surprisingly with some time and mental control, can be one of the easiest to get over.  If you have just suffered from this experience, here are the steps to …read more

What should you do?  Disliking your friend’s boyfriend is a common problem between friends and can end up completely ruining a friendship if it’s not handled in the right way…we all know what happened to Heidi, Spencer, and Lauren on The Hills!
If you have encountered this problem in your life, here are some tips for how to deal with it so that you can, hopefully, maintain a friendship and your own happiness:

Give him another chance. Sometimes new boyfriends can make a bad first impression.  You might have judged him too quickly.  Set your first impression aside and try to have …read more

Ah, break ups. Don’t we all want to skip this part of the whole dating scene? It almost always leave a bitter taste in the mouth. Bad memories. Hurt. Bad Blood. AND, very rarely, friends.
Dating and relationships are all good when two people are still working on making things work but when the time comes that things get sour and they’re just seemingly too caught up to properly end things — salvage the friendship, at least — the break up process may just turn real bad.
Personally, I’m really bad at handling break ups (as if I’ve been through many, eh?) …read more

Oh, dear. Nope. Not a real break up letter!
Going back to Gayla’s post on the website that will help you generate a break up letter, I went ahead and tried it out myself. Gayla did say that it’s easy cuz all I had to do was tick the boxes, right? Hehe
Please note that this is fictitious and all done for fun.
Read the letter after the fold.

I sometimes wonder if it’s even possible to go back to the beginning and start over with a clean slate. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I don’t believe that it’s impossible to ’start over’. It’s the ‘clean slate’ part I’m having problems digesting. What does clean slate mean in a relationship anyway?
Here are a few of my guesses and theories, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
1. No Grudges
No blaming nor pointing fingers. The subject of past mistakes will never re-surface in arguments.
2. Acceptance of the Past
He cheated. She lied. Both will drop the subject and accept …read more

My friend casually raised the theory that goes, “It’s summer and it’s beginning to be hot. I think the heat is one of the factors that create this hostile environment between people. It explains why it seems to be a season of break ups or brawls in and outside cliques.”
Pretty reaching, eh?
I was left baffled by the statement and I had to pause and digest what he said. I had to ask myself, “can the heat cause break ups?”
I have no scientific proof to support this somewhat weird theory. My mind can’t reconcile the facts and ideas. I simply find …read more

I’ve heard it said, “in break ups, women hurt longer and deeper.” Somehow, it makes sense but part of me is unsettled with a question, does that mean women cared more about the relationship than the man did?
I can never assume utmost certainty regarding this theory because I am not a man. I can’t begin to fathom how break ups affect them. However, this theory presents an angle that is oftentimes overlooked and overstated. Does that makes sense to you? Well, let me explain.
I believe that women are emotional creatures and yea, we do have the tendency to over-drama-tise a …read more

Askmen.com has discovered the top 10 things women do that drive men to the brink of insanity and they’re sharing their secrets -
Now, as I reveal these secrets (you’ll have to visit their article to see the reasoning behind the reason) I’d like for you, the Dating Dames readers, to see just how much of a role each one plays in your life, if at all.
10. Pretend to be virtuous
9. Criticize other women
8. Act jealous

Pop star Aaron Carter wants his ex-fiancee Kari Ann Peniche to give back $10,000 earrings he bought her during their nine-day engagement.
The singer, 18, asked former Miss Teen USA and Playboy model Peniche, 22, to marry him on stage at the Playboy Hollywood Comedy Tour in Las Vegas, Nev., on September 19.
However, on September 25, Carter realized he was too young to marry and ended both their relationship and engagement.
Carter tells Page Six, “It was just a big mess. She was pretty upset, but I just realized I made a mistake.
“I bought her earrings for $10,000. And I need to …read more