{"id":1392,"date":"2015-06-16T11:37:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T10:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbansocial.com\/blog\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2016-05-11T13:26:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T13:26:22","slug":"how-to-avoid-looking-desperate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbansocial.com\/blog\/how-to-avoid-looking-desperate\/","title":{"rendered":"How to avoid looking desperate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK listen, I get it. When you\u2019re totally fed up of being single and you just want to find a man that\u2019s kind and sweet and lovely (and hot) its hard to sound casual. But here are just a couple of ways that you can avoid looking desperate when dating.<\/p>\n<p><b>Stop the jokes about being single.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you hate being single then it\u2019s an easy trap to fall in to that you make self-deprecating references to being single. You may think you\u2019re being light hearted and funny but actually you\u2019re just looking insecure.<\/p>\n<p><b>Know when he\u2019s just not that in to you.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Knowing when to walk away is key in the dating game. If you sense that it\u2019s just hard work trying to have a conversation with the other person then it\u2019s time to call it quits.<\/p>\n<p><b>Keep an eye on your Facebook stalking habits.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There is not a woman out there now who doesn\u2019t look up a potential date before she goes out with him. It\u2019s just the way it is. And if you keep it discreet then go for it. But if you\u2019re going to go through everyone one of their pics and give them a like then you\u2019re going to look completely desperate. Just have a nose and stay away from the like button. Same goes for following them on every social network going, if you do it within a short space of time then it\u2019s going to be pretty clear that you\u2019ve googled their name and tracked them down.<\/p>\n<p><b>Don\u2019t over text.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Not everyone has their phone with them eery second of the day and if you know they do and they haven\u2019t responded, that doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t want to speak to you, it just means that they probably are thinking about a reply or want to reply when they are on their own or have time. Text once and wait for a response, don\u2019t keep sending them until you get a message back.<\/p>\n<p><b>Quit your bitching about being single.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>First of all, single life isn\u2019t that bad, in fact, it\u2019s pretty great. Think of all those guys out there that you can date. Secondly, no one cares. If you\u2019re constantly moaning that you\u2019re single to all and sundry then you\u2019re not only doing yourself no favours but you\u2019re also driving everyone else crazy.<\/p>\n<p><b>Are you guilty of any of the above? Join the conversation on Twitter @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/urbansocialcom\" target=\"_blank\">UrbanSocialCom<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK listen, I get it. When you\u2019re totally fed up of being single and you just want to find a man that\u2019s kind and sweet and lovely (and hot) its hard to sound casual. But here are just a couple of ways that you can avoid looking desperate when dating. 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