The sun shines a little brighter, and the flowers smell a little sweeter
tl; dr; Looking back, the best relationships took off like rockets. But there's a flipside. When they broke up, we lost the ability to read each other's minds just as fast. The long version. I have a guideline. When meeting somebody new, I got one date to determine if we really really like each other. For instance, we don't have to sleep together on the first date, but I do ask myself if it's really obvious that's where it's headed. If I'm, like, "Well I'm not sure, I might need a second date to..." That means no. The dating pool is enormous. For every shoe there is a foot. There's no sense getting into a relationship where I have to fight uphill because there are probably literally thousands of girls in this city who are basically perfect for me. I know this because I've found them before, and we were obviously in love by the end of night one. A great first date starts off in show horse mode. We're both nervously prancing ...