Does Dating Have An Expiration Date?

By Melissa Gregg

I am always optimistic, hopeful and waiting for the fairytale ending and not just an ending. Blocking the pain and lessons learned from the ghosts of relationships past. Holding hope my new beginning will turn into everything I have been secretly anticipating. I never look for a relationship let alone seek out love. Keeping an open mind and open heart that these things simply happen in a fairtytale manner of some sort is more my style. Good things come to those whom wait patiently.

Do your patience run out? After date after date, (I have made the conscious effort to allow myself to be negative for a moment.) What if the simple act of dating is not enough. Everyone deserve to find that person whom wants and looks forward to spending time with them. We all deserve this. I am confident this will happen, I have put all my faith into people and allowed the little things to be simply enough. You reach a point that the next level needs to be established. When does this point occur? After you care, this is an unfair tactic of resolution the universe has burdened upon us. Why can't these conversations occur prior to the feeling? Once time and endless conversations are invested you have no control over your feelings or the way you anticipate you will soon feel.

The feeling of new dating experiences and the initial period of getting to know someone is a great feeling. Unless, the feeling is not reciprocated. That is when you know, you have done all you can do and the time has come to move on. Does dating have an expiration date?

The answer is yes... once the time comes that you feel you are more invested or you are ready to move forward and your dating partner is not. Life is to short to waste time. However, the time is never fully wasted as you learned something from the time spent. Sometimes people simply are not looking for the same things. Once this is established you will have a new feeling.

The exact time frame is an individual preference and you will figure it out based on your intuition and instincts. For me personally, if I feel a connection and "we" are clicking I am willing to give three months. At that point decisions need to be made or else mass confusion and complication are right around the corner.

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