“For you, words of affirmation are everything and having to wait a few hours to text back, or keeping your messages short and cool is your worst nightmare because you have so much more you would like to say and you hate that responding immediately makes you look ‘too available.’”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Modern Dating, Texting
“You can’t love too little, and you can’t love too much. You can’t give too little, and you can’t give too much. Nothing is defined, so nothing can be one or the other. It is simply what you wish it to be in those moments. It’s grey.”— Meghan Logan, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Almost Relationships, Unrequited Love, Modern Dating, Dating
“We live in a world where people are afraid to feel anything genuine, or at the very least, are afraid to show it.”— Melissa Moeller, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Intimacy, Modern Dating, Fear, Feeling
“Will someone decide they know exactly who I am without getting to know me outside of a 900 word essay?”— Kendra Syrdal, kendrasyrdal.tumblr.comTagged: Writing on the internet, Writing, Please don't google me, Modern Dating
“Want them when you can’t have them, because this is what you’re used to. And wish they were harder to get when they’re standing right in front of you, placing their beating heart into your hesitant hands.”— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Modern Dating, Modern Love, Dating
“Often, when you’re out in the single world meeting people, you meet someone you like, get their number, and put it right in your phone, transforming them into an ‘option’ that lives in your device. Sometimes you and that option engage in some phone-based interaction and you meet up in person. But so…”— Aziz Ansari, amazon.comTagged: Modern Romance, Aziz Ansari, Modern Dating, Dating, Communication
“How many of us are still heartbroken over a guy we never dated? How many of us still go through old text messages, trying to figure out exactly where everything changed? How many of us replay old conversations and think of what we should’ve said to make us sound more chill, more laid back, less inte…”— Ashley Jones, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Modern Dating, Almost Relationships, Dating, Love
“It comes naturally to you to say how you feel, even if it’s too early, so you’re always caught between wanting to say how you feel and waiting for the right moment when the other person is ready or if you’re sure they feel the same way.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Modern Dating, Feelings, the talk
“You're allowed to want more than just a one night stand.”— Kendra Syrdal, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Love, Modern Dating, hookup culture
“It’s all a big game and if you don’t play by the rules then you lose, and if you lose you end up alone and drowning in a pile of your own insecurity, wondering what you did wrong.”— Melissa Moeller, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Modern Dating, Game
“Nothing drives you crazy like inconsistency does. You want consistent communication, consistent dates and you want to be a part of this person’s everyday life — not just on weekends.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Modern Dating, Feelings, Inconsistency
“You can message with a man for weeks, have deep conversations, or do some steamy sexting. But you’ll never know if there’s a real spark until you meet face to face.”— Leslie Frey, lifehack.orgTagged: Dating Tips, Texting, Online Dating, face to face
“Someone toying with your heartstrings just because they can isn’t love.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Almost Relationships, Almost Love, Almost Lover, Best Of Me
“For you, even dating should be passionate. Being ‘chill’ or indifferent with the people you like will always be something you struggle with. Playing it cool is a game you hate playing.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Modern Dating, Games
“I could earn my masters degree with the amount of time and energy it takes to determine whether or not my casual hookup actually has feelings for me.”— Melissa Moeller, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Modern Dating, Hooking Up, Tinder