Beware Of These 7 Relationship-Killing Text Mistakes

I recently became the Global Ambassador for Tinder. It’s a side gig. I’m still a shrink. Still blogging. Actually, blogging more than ever – just for other publications in addition to ADD (<- Ask Dr. Darcy, though the acronym is ironic given that I have ADD).

I signed on with Tinder because of the appeal in reaching/teaching millions of swipers dating and relationship skills.

The experience has reinforced many of my instinctive beliefs about what attracts and repels people, and it’s also turned me into something of an online dating guru:  I can tell you if your profile and app interactions are encouraging left or right swipes, and why.

But matching is just the first step.

How you interact after you match is where the rubber meets the road.
Click below for my list of texting DON’Ts and WHYs:

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5 Ways To Stay Happy In Your Relationship

In the final analysis, your life satisfaction boils down to how fulfilling your relationships are.  You won’t be thinking about your money, your to-do list, or the dishes in the sink. You’ll be wishing you hadn’t been so hard on your sister, so unavailable to your mother, and that you’d spent more time with your…

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This Is For The Ones Who Don’t Want Relationships To Require Work

Dear Dr. Darcy: My boyfriend has informed me that he is not being satisfied sexually. He tells me this after pulling away and being angry that the relationship is failing. He feels like doing things with me is more like an obligation now. Shouldn’t we work out the sex problem so it won’t affect our…

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How To Master The First Kiss

Dear Dr. Darcy:

I’m a man in my early 30’s looking for a relationship. Back in college I had a really bad experience and I think it’s interfering with me finding a woman today. What happened was I hooked up with a girl one night after a party and the next day she told me she didn’t want to see me anymore because there wasn’t chemistry. Later that day my fraternity brothers told me that she told all her sorority sisters that I was an awful kisser. Ever since then I have awful thoughts floating in my head when I’m about to lean in for the first kiss. I’m convinced that the sorority girl is right and that I must suck as a kisser and not surprisingly I rarely get past the first kiss with a woman. How important is the first kiss? Is there a general way that women like to be kissed? Or maybe some common mistakes you can point out to me that guys make when kissing? Please help a brother out.

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