Not attached to outcome. Dating is not a means to an end but rather a more dynamic process. Not everyone will be "the one." So many people only have this one acceptable outcome in mind and anything short of that is failure -- that's simply untrue.
Start at point A, which is meeting a new person. Maybe that person will get to point C or M but not make it all the way to Z (a long-term relationship). Try to be open to all possibilities of how someone might fit into your life versus backfilling them into some arbitrary end goal. This takes the pressure off of yourself to assess long-term compatibility immediately and recognize small wins.
Start at point A, which is meeting a new person. Maybe that person will get to point C or M but not make it all the way to Z (a long-term relationship). Try to be open to all possibilities of how someone might fit into your life versus backfilling them into some arbitrary end goal. This takes the pressure off of yourself to assess long-term compatibility immediately and recognize small wins.
"OMG I'm so nervous about this date! He seems perfect on paper! I think he's gonna be my husband!" "Make sure= you're dating NATO... the point of the first date is to go on a second... not get married!"
"They were nice but not sure if I feel romance, so I'm gonna cut it off." "No need to yet. If you date NATO, you don't need to pre-determine anything."
"They were nice but not sure if I feel romance, so I'm gonna cut it off." "No need to yet. If you date NATO, you don't need to pre-determine anything."
by ScruffyLover August 20, 2025
Get the Dating NATOmug. “National boyfriend day post him!” And “National Girlfriend day I’m waiting to get posted” are both below this NGAFAWYDD!! Because nobody really cares about who you having sex with loser 🤞
by Haterade !!! October 4, 2021
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Person 1: Cool fossil! How old is it?
Person 2: I'm not sure. But we can find out from radiometric dating!
Person 2: I'm not sure. But we can find out from radiometric dating!
by HughMann45 April 5, 2023
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by grötmongo April 24, 2020
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by Wissy Pissy April 14, 2023
Get the dildo datemug. The moment, at your local diner when meeting a suspected blossoming friendship for an extra curricular activity for the first time, when the waiter randomly delivers two classic earthenware coffee cups to you and your friend whom you, again realize is this fabulous person, who most ardently believes in the universes general guidance, a coffee cup in her favorite color and you realize you will be friends forever.
by Svonperson March 10, 2017
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