The psychological reasons and factors that influence attraction. — I was on the bus to work. Unsuspecting, lost in thought, and definitively stressed out — there he was. The way he looked at me with his piercing blue eyes made my head spin out of nowhere; there was an instant attraction. So, what’s the secret behind instant attraction? Why…

How I found myself entangled in an affair and how I got out of it. — Like most people, I have fantasized what a hot affair would feel like. I imagined how exciting it must be to sneak around and only share hot moments with someone without dealing with the many nuisances everyday life has in store. …

We’re very bad in knowing who’s attracted to us. — We spend a disproportionate amount of time figuring out if someone is into us or not. Unfortunately, most of this time is wasted. Maybe it’s because we hope the target of our affection likes us just as much, clouding what might really be going on. Or, we’re so focused on…

What flirting is, what it could be, and what it isn’t. Sort of. — And just like that, a question by one of my best friends caught me completely off-guard. While discussing dating, mishaps, and other disasters only love has in store, my friend asked a simple yet very hard question to answer. How do you know someone’s flirting with you? When we meet…

It’s always about our personal happy ending, not reality. — I need you to be brutally honest with yourself. And now go through everything you said about your last date to your friends. How much was true and how much of it was — well, more in the realm of wishful thinking? Reality is constructed by our brain. What doesn’t…

Has romance become another bullet point on our to-do list? — Suddenly I realized that my boyfriend at the time had given up on the relationship. And, in a way, he didn’t see me the way he used to. So what had been suspicion and a gut feeling for some months was suddenly a bitter reality. He was on his way…

Why I started celebrating love, and why I don’t want roses. — To love is not giving in to the fear of getting hurt. While sometimes someone comes along making it easy to forget that love is about being vulnerable, most of the time, it’s hard to let go of the pain others have caused in the past. Rejection hurts. And nothing…

May the algorithm be in your favor, although it probably isn’t. — If I were to ask you where you would like to meet the love of your life, chances are you wouldn’t say Tinder. But alas, approximately one out of every four heterosexual couples currently meets online; it’s closer to two out of every three for gay couples. This has one…

Dating is a game and a lot can go wrong. — Unlike others, before I go out on a date, I don’t even try to imagine how it will go. I am not one of these people who practice entire dialogues and try to develop the wittiest, funniest, and right answers. Moreover, I am not good with rules — I don’t…