Managing Expectations While Dating
The fact of dating means that you will have some expectations, hopes and
anticipation. Those emotions are important because they help to put a lot of excitement
into your dating experience. But they also have to be kept in check as they can also work
to your disadvantage.
In dating, you will justifiably expect to spend time with the person and to be a
part of their private world. In getting to know the person, in sharing information about
yourself and in getting information about the individual, you have to be respectful of your
date and give him or her personal space.
Personal space means that you give your date time to be alone, to do other things
without you and to also be with others. It also means that you have to respect your date’s
privacy and not seek any personal information that your date isn’t very forthcoming
about revealing.
You also have to be careful and mindful about your expectations as they relate to
your date’s time
