Be creative and unique for your next romantic date. by Cheryl Scheurer

Let’s face it, when it comes to dating it can be a little more challenging of an activity and the most rewarding. Today, it is eminent to be creative and innovative when dating for the first time in a relationship or with a long-term married couple. In the beginning of a couple dating, it definitely puts pressure on the relationship to go out to dinner, too soon. Even when you are magnetically attracted to one another, moving too fast, you can miss important qualities or idiosyncrasies about the woman or man you are dating and getting to know.
To have 300 ideas for dates at hand, is, so, incredibly helpful, when you are so busy and do not have the time or energy to think of more for yourself. When we work hard and do not have, a lot of time, to be able to browse through a reference is such a relief. Positively speaking, it also, assists you in keeping the innovation sparked within yourself, reading how many different courting ideas there are.

Wanting to keep the spice and the flavor in your romantic life is essential, even as busy as we are on a daily basis. In the long run, it does pay off in the relationship. I love how we all can have tools to assist in asking someone out on a date. Usually, we are unnerved for the first time on a date. I know I get butterflies in my stomach, when I am meeting a man for the first time on a romantic date. That is part of the thrill and excitement of dating and romance, anyway.

Your dates do not have to be expensive. They can be whatever you want them to be. I feel like, it is stressful to a degree, since there is a certain expectation from both parties. Speaking for myself, I have a challenge dating, so I think of how much fun we can have and it dissolves the fear and nerves. However, the key is being “opened minded”, like the artist blank page or blank canvas, so there will not be any expectations, so you will not be disappointed. Putting a lot of effort, into that thought, I believe, will change how you approach dating, it has for me. Remember, it is not having to high of an expectation on yourself or the other person that will help relax your nerves.

The do’s and do not’s are interesting and could make or break your date. The articulation on this subject is interesting. Obviously, there has been an enormous amount of research and study on this whole dating activity and is worth reading.

Thank you for reading!

If you have questions and or comments, please contact me @ Cheryl Scheurer - http://www.secrets2thebesthealthandfinancialwellness.com Copyright 2009

About the Author
Cheryl has been in the Business world in the corporate and entrepreneurial environment for 30 years. She holds an MBA in Finance and is a Universal Life Minister. She is finishing her first book - Open at the Top. She has been a single Mom for 20 years. Her writing is intellectually spiritual from the heart and mind.

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By Lisa Daily

A new trend shows smart, educated women are choosing to have children by themselves in record numbers.

And so, of course, politicians and self-proclaimed “family values advocates” are predicting certain doom in the form of delinquent, uneducated kids living below the poverty level. But this doesn’t have to be the reality.

Is single parenthood a good choice?

A good friend of mine recently became a mother for the first time. She is over 40, educated at Cambridge and financially secure. She is also unmarried and plans to stay that way.

Before I met her, I always thought of single mothers as the responsible parents in unfortunate circumstances — the ones who kept care of their children through divorce or a surprise pregnancy.

But I also joked to my girlfriends (who hasn’t?) that if I didn’t meet the right guy by the time I hit 35, I’d head on down to my local sperm bank and take care of matters myself.

I would rather be a mother alone than try to do it with the wrong guy.

And while many of us grew up believing that the average family consists of Mom, Dad, a couple of kids and a dog named Rover, in reality, those types of families are now in the minority.

Even in 1995, the New England Journal of Medicine was reporting, “Public figures depict the typical American household as though it consisted of married couples and their children; in fact, such families make up only 26 per cent of American households.

Similarly, according to the 2000 Bureau of the Census, non-marital cohabitation, separation, and divorce have become more common, as has remarriage. Children living with only one parent (24 per cent) or with “melded” sibships of children from several families (15 per cent) are increasing in number; half of all children in the United States lived or will live with only one parent before reaching adulthood. Most one-parent families (86 per cent) are headed by mothers.”

The New England Journal of Medicine also reported that out-of-wedlock births are not just an American phenomenon. “Rates in the United Kingdom, Canada, and France are about the same as those in the United States; rates in Sweden and Denmark are more than 50 per cent higher. The structure of the family is changing rapidly throughout the Western world.”

Bad for the kids?

There’s a mountain of research suggesting children raised by single mothers are more likely to suffer from poverty, poor grades and psychological problems. However, a 1998 U.S. study at Ohio State University found that the problems were not related so much to the lack of a father but rather to other background factors, such as income, education and occupational prestige. Douglas Downey, co-author of the study said, “Parents with higher socioeconomic status are usually better positioned to create positive family environments.”

Cornell researcher Henry Ricciuti says what matters most “is a mother’s education and ability level and, to a lesser extent, family income and quality of the home environment.” Ricciuti found links between those factors and a child’s school performance and behavior, regardless of race.

While much research is focused on single-parent families created by divorce or death, researchers are just beginning to look at single parents by choice.

Louise Sloan, author of Knock Yourself Up: A Tell-all Guide To Becoming A Single Mom says, “I think when a family is set up differently from the beginning — it’s not the traumatic thing that happens when you lose a dad.”

And the reality is we’ve all seen single parents who make it work. They raise great kids, and they do it all by themselves.

But does opting into motherhood mean you’re opting out of marriage?

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By Nick Krewen

Ladies, despite rumors to the contrary, we men are very easy to please when it comes to dating.

Basically, you’re looking at two essentials: nudity and a six-pack. And since some of us aren’t actually drinkers, you can usually forego the brewskis and cut right to the chase.

Yes, some of us cave-dwellers like the simple things in life: A good steak. A 52-inch Widescreen LCD HDTV with SurroundSound and a 5.1 Home Theatre System with enough woofer and tweeter rumble to detach our skulls from our spines.

Maybe a couple of floor seats to an NBA game. Or a sexy woman who shows up at our door wearing nothing but a smile, an oversized trench coat and a pair of thigh-high leather boots.

Show up with all four and watch our eyes light up like a Vegas slot machine and you’ll be guaranteed that all-important second call. Heck, because of your initial consideration, we may even call you when we say we will. And if that isn’t a prize, I don’t know what qualifies.

And maybe… just maybe… we’ll let you hold the remote.

OK, OK — so perhaps I’m being a little extreme. Maybe you’re just a little too shy to venture into Adam and Eve territory on the first date… especially if it’s a blind one and you don’t even know his name.

Like I said before, it doesn’t take rocket science to satisfy us. Here are five suggestions for nudity-optional date scenarios that will let him know you’re at least thinking on his wavelength.

By the way, these are strictly for the men who ooze machismo. Wimps not need apply.

1. RibFest Date

They say the quickest way to get to a man is through his stomach, and nothing gratifies a guy-gut quicker than hickory-smoked venison smothered in BBQ sauce. RibFests are ideal because not only do they offer a number of mouth-watering choices symbolic of the hunt, they also provide endless amounts of eye candy for both you and him in case you get bored.

Helpful Hint: Steer him away from the baked beans side dish.

2. WWE Wrestling Date

Nothing says “macho’ quite like the sight of two bloodthirsty, steroid-induced goliaths battling it out for scripted glory. It’s not so much the fact that arena-shaking body slams and my-dick-is-bigger-than-yours stare-downs heighten the adrenaline rush. It’s the sense of competitive one-upmanship and the lesson that people can get ahead in life without resorting to cheating and chair-shots to the head. Had you there, didn’t I? Who are we kidding, it’s about the gore! Grrr!

Helpful Hint: Pick up one of those gaudy WWE championship belts during intermission, and hand it to him as a prize for pinning your shoulders to the late-night mat, if you understand my drift. After all, we’re all Booker T’s just looking for our Queen Sharmel. You’ll forever be his Valet of the Dolls.

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