Exhausted with the dating scene and wanna take a time out? Perhaps you\u2019re not so sure you should, just in case you end up on the shelf and everyone gets taken in the meantime. If you\u2019re in two minds, join Beauty and Tips as we take a look at 10 good reasons to take a break from dating.<\/p>\n
Dating can be hard \u2013 but fun<\/strong><\/p>\n However, it\u2019s only fun when you go on one or two great dates before meeting someone cool who you enter into a relationship with. When you become a serial dater who\u2019s venturing out on at least one disastrous date per month, on the other hand, dating is no longer fun. It\u2019s exhausting, tedious and kinda weird. It gets worse when you\u2019re the one who\u2019s rejected, too. The emotional roller coaster of the whole thing should be enough to put us off dating for life, but the question we always return to is this: If we quit dating, wouldn\u2019t we be single forever? You don\u2019t have to quit dating forever. But if you\u2019re tired of futile dates in the freezing cold, encounters with crazy guys and having to change your number because some creeps won\u2019t get the picture that you don\u2019t like them, you can always just take a break. Why should you? Here are 10 good reasons to take a break from dating.<\/p>\n Rediscover who you are\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Dating can drawn you in to a sort-of parallel universe where you\u2019re you \u2013 but also someone else. You\u2019re meeting up with all different kinds of guys from different walks of life, and a lot of the time you have to adjust your own personality a little. You know how it is: You\u2019re on a date with a cute guy who happens to be obsessed with Star Trek. You\u2019ve never seen it, but to impress you tell him you love it, too. And when he asks for your favourite episode, you tell him you can\u2019t choose just one. You love them all! When you free yourself from the dating scene, you also free yourself from discussing who other people are. You get a chance to rediscover your own passions and hobbies. You\u2019ve got more time to dedicate yourself to do doing what you really love to do.<\/p>\n Because being single is fun<\/strong><\/p>\n Hey, you\u2019re single and guess what \u2013 lots of people are secretly jealous! Being single is better than dating losers. You get to do whatever you want, whenever you want. Have a blast!<\/p>\n You stop looking<\/strong><\/p>\n They say that love comes when we\u2019re not even looking for it. A lot of people will surely agree with this. If you\u2019ve been spending the best part of the last year trying to force love out of a bunch of strangers online, it might be a good idea to take yourself out of the firing line and let nature and destiny take over. Give yourself up to the gods. You might experience a lovely surprise when you least expect it.<\/p>\n You can focus on making friends instead<\/strong><\/p>\n Tired of meeting people for love and it all going wrong? Why not ease the pressure and widen your social circle instead? Meeting new people for friendship is a lot easier than the pressure cooker environment of the dating scene. You get to relax a bit more, take it easy, and don\u2019t have to worry about why he isn\u2019t texting back. It\u2019s so much more fun! Join an app like Bumble and find new friends to hang out with.<\/p>\n You reaffirm your self image<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s 1am. You went to bed an hour ago. You can\u2019t sleep. You keep thinking about him and why he hasn\u2019t texted since 8pm. You deliberately left your phone in another room so you wouldn\u2019t check your phone in bed. After all, you need sleep. Screw that! You leap out of bed into the freezing cold, stub your toe on something and check your phone. He hasn\u2019t texted and now you feel silly, cold and your toe is throbbing. Worse still, you ask yourself \u201cwhat have I become?!\u201d When we\u2019re dating too much, we can lose sight of our self image. We check our phone every five minutes and literally can\u2019t cope if our date hasn\u2019t replied. It\u2019s not cool, we hate ourselves for doing it, and it\u2019s not how we normally behave. Take a break from dating and reaffirm your self image. You don\u2019t need to be the one who is still awake at 1am waiting for a text. You\u2019re better than that and deserve better than that.<\/p>\n You\u2019re not ready to date<\/strong><\/p>\n If you need a break from dating, it might mean that you\u2019ve not been ready for a relationship this whole time. Take a breather and only return to the dating scene when you\u2019re truly ready to meet a new man.<\/p>\n Use the time to analyse past mistakes<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the reasons you\u2019ve been bouncing from bad date to bad date could be that you haven\u2019t given yourself enough time between each guy to reflect on what went wrong. It\u2019s important that you analyse past relationships so that you can learn from mistakes, ensuring they don\u2019t happen again. Take a look at your past and see if there are things you can improve on.<\/p>\n A break will save you some time<\/strong><\/p>\n Dating can take a lot of your time, but when you are single you can use all this time for spending quality moments withy your family and friends, or on self development or taking a new and fun hobby, it is an excellent reason to take a break from dating, at least for some time.<\/p>\n You can reevaluate what you want from a guy<\/strong><\/p>\n We can spend so much time shopping around online for dates that we forget what we even want in a guy. Taking some time out from the dating scene gives you an excellent opportunity to reevaluate what it is you want from a guy. Spend some time writing down qualities you want in a man so that when he does eventually come along, you know he\u2019s the one for you.<\/p>\n Learn a new skill<\/strong><\/p>\n As you know, dating can take up a lot of time. If you aren\u2019t on dates, you\u2019re texting new guys. If you aren\u2019t texting them, you\u2019re calling them. If you aren\u2019t doing that, you\u2019re browsing lots of profiles. Dating takes up so much time that we never have the time to do anything else. Take a break from dating and focus on learning a new skill. It\u2019s so much more productive.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: Beauty and Tips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exhausted with the dating scene and wanna take a time out? Perhaps you\u2019re not so sure you should, just in case you end up on the shelf and everyone gets taken in the meantime. 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