This dating habit causes you Pain

‘Ticking boxes’ is when you focus on the things you have always wanted in a partner. Your ‘ticked boxes’ list might contain; that the person comes from a loving family, that they are financially secure, they exercise, eat healthy and so on. When you meet someone who matches with your list, it puts you on a high and you start focusing on the future.

When we start ticking boxes on the first and second date - he has the right income, the right hobbies, the right friends, the right social standing, and all this “rightness” leads to dating "blindness" – repeating the past! 

When your attention is focused on ticking boxes, you stop hearing his/her faults.

Save yourself time and pain by getting rid of the habit of ticking boxes. Those early dates are like a job interview – you are interviewing him to see whether he is worthy of being part of your life.  You want to hear the deal breakers, and not miss them because you were too busy thinking
“OMG I've always wanted someone who…(fill in the blank)…!

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