“The likelihood of meeting anyone who wouldn t make him feel even lonelier seemed increasingly remote. Life was a dwindling process now, not a building proposition. He couldn t imagine being with someone new, opening up, feeling appreciated and understood, without having to explain his dubious non sequiturs and increasingly arcane or redundant frame of reference.”
“Dating in England is different. First of all because English people don’t like at all other people knowing them, and second, because English people are romantically impaired.”
“Sometimes you see English people going out to pub, bar or disco with friends, standing awkwardly together drinking beer or gin and tonic and waiting for something ‘romantic’ to happen. Usually nothing happens apart from everybody getting drunk, which is hardly romantic. So, typically, instead of meeting Mr or Miss Right they meet Mr or Miss Right Now, which lasts as long as there is enough alcohol circulating in the blood vessel.”
“Living in the era of social media and dating apps, online dating is also a very popular dating method in England. It perfectly suits the English person’s superpower: being the invisible man or woman. They also like to keep their distance, and the internet is perfect for that. Also complimenting someone is easier online than offline; you don’t even have to say anything you just press a ‘like’ or a ‘wink’ button and that’s it; perfectly suitable for romantically retarded people.”
“Demelza was beginning to feel like a lion tamer who has been putting his pets through their paces and finds them getting out of hand.”
“Partying and dancing have never been my thing, but drinking I could do with reasonable familiarity and skills. I decided to begin there.”
“I m just glad you re all right. And if you want to date, I promise I won t gut the little... Male. She laughed at that. I can wait until you re ready. I don t want you in jail for it. Fain smiled. Very well I m told ninety is a prime dating age for a human female.”
“My last girlfriend was a Showgirl - But we eventually broke up because she wouldn t Tell me anything. Now I m dating a girl who looks exactly like my grandma, only my girl older. -James Lee Schmidt and Jarod Kintz”
“Honesty is one of the key elements to a great relationship. If you cannot be honest with your partner, stay single.”
“I attacked him, he healed me, then he took me hunting, I threatened him, and he took me home. Wow. That was like a date.”
“... all decisions and actions that will affect your relationship must be made by answering this single question: Will the action I am considering have a negative impact on my relationship? If the answer is yes, don t do it.”
“It does not strike me as a good thing that the only person we can be so, so close to is the person we re dating.”
“To fall in love is a legendary action that doesn t need any explanation.”
“You can do it now. You can t say you ve never dated, because you have. A lot of people, actually.” Xander s gave her a mischievous grin. “You ve leveled up, dearest. You re an expert on dating compared to Liv of six months ago.”
“Once you know what you want, narrow the options, make your choices, and go for it. But until you do, embrace not knowing.”
“I used to think that once we started going out, Derek would change. When I admitted that to Tori, she nearly laughed herself into an aneurysm and gave me a lecture on the stupidity of expecting to change a guy. Maybe I didn’t have her dating experience, but I knew you didn’t go out with someone because you thought you’d change him. That wasn’t what I’d meant. I liked Derek the way he was. I’d just hoped getting closer would mean landing on the sharp side of his tongue less often.”
“There were other things,too, to ask him. Always she tries to be less forward. Always she tried to find the right thing to say and didn t trust the etiquette pendulum swinging in her head, so she simply said nothing, which was perceived either as painful shyness of haughtiness. Dasha never had that problem. She just said the first thing that came into her head. Tatiana knew she needed to rust her inner voice more. It was certainly loud enough”