Dating Dictionary
5 Signs He’s a Bad Boy!
By Eric J. Leech, author of Love, Lust, and Relationships A bad boy (a.k.a. player) is a guy who plays women to get what he wants, which is usually sex. You can find these characters at bars, on dating websites, or carousing the deli department at your local grocery store. This term developed in [...]
What is Love? Part 2
What exactly is love? “Why can’t we just sniff each other like dogs and mate?” “Why do women make this love thing so complicated?” For one, the hunt wouldn’t be as interesting if it was too easy, truly. Being human takes work. To deal with the complex matrix that makes the human brain and find [...]
What Is Love? Part I
In the next few weeks, I will focus on that seemingly ever-elusive topic: love. Personally, I like the idea of lasting love and have devoted the last 3 years of my life to explain in plain English how to have it. Hence, the series: What Is Love? Part 1 – Love: Where did we go [...]
Holidating, Part 1: New Year’s Resolution or Cupid’s Coercion?
Have you noticed that holidays have a way of influencing our dating behavior? If so, then you’ve experience the phenomenon I call, holidating. For example, we just rang in a new year and many of us have made resolutions that revolve around dating: date more, screen out psychos, end unfulfilling relationships, get into a serious [...]
Dating Definition: a GUYS’ girl
Function: noun Definition: A woman who ONLY hangs out with men, but is NOT a tomboy. She may be able to chitchat with women who are in the vicinity (though she’ll stay somewhat aloof around them), but she chooses not to keep other females around. She’ll seem cool because she”gets” the opposite gender, is a [...]
Dating Definition: Baking
Function: Action verb. Definition: The act of waiting for someone to be “ready” for the kind of relationship one wants. Example: (see conversation below) ************************************************** CLUELESS GIRL: So he says he’s okay with us being just friends. SMARTASS FRIEND: He’s lying. CG: No — really, that’s what he says. Since we don’t have the chemistry, [...]
Dating Definition: PGF
Function: noun Definition: PGF or pgf is the acronym for platonic girlfriend. Example: “No, we’re not dating. She’s my pgf.” . Related article: Debunking “When Harry Met Sally . . .”
Introducing Dating Forums
We would like to introduce a new section of DatingThoughts.com: DatingThoughts Dating Forums! Over the last six months, we have received many great emails to our writers and in post comments asking for our take on a certain dating situation. What does it mean when a guy/woman says….? What would you recommend I do in [...]
Dating Definition: reburn
Function: verb Definition: To have sex with someone you have had sex with before but are not in a relationship with. Usually, there is time and sex partner(s) between the last reburn. Example: “When I went home for the holidays, I had a reburn.”
Dating Definition: cougar
Function: noun Definition: A woman aged 40 years or old who preys on younger men. During a hunt, she can often be spotted by her leopard print outfit, which makes her feel and look younger. Example: “Sweet, look at all the cougars at this bar. Looks like we’ll be getting our drinks bought for us [...]
