I tell all of my clients to try to date at least 30 different people (yes, at least 30 different people) before making any kind of commitment. Doing this allows us to do some growing and, frankly, some comparison shopping.

Dating, in my opinion, is an intentional rendezvous with a romantic agenda that may or may not include sex.

Many people rely on dating apps. I hate dating apps and recommend dating the old-fashioned way, where someone chooses to make the first move by inviting someone else out on a date, and the person who is invited decides “yes” or “no.”

Please Note: No matter how strongly you’re attracted to that amazingly attractive stranger you see in public, don’t make it weird. Also, be sure to make your overtures to connect as safe as possible. Approaching a stranger and disclosing you’re terribly attracted to them and how you’d like to buy them a drink, fly them to Las Vegas for a show, or go for a long drive into the desert is weird and scary, and only people without social skills or interpersonal

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