Diversifying your dating experiences can actually enhance your self-awareness and self-esteem. Dreamstime/TNS
Ask anyone who has tried it, and they’ll tell you that online dating is a roller-coaster of emotions. When you match with someone and the conversation is flowing, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the potential.
That’s exactly what happened to one of my clients recently – let’s call him Ben. Ben had a first date planned with “Julie” for early in the week, and another first date planned with “Rebecca” for Thursday. He messaged me looking for some advice: “What if things go extremely well between me and Julie and we want to see each other again? I wouldn’t want to tell her I’m unavailable on Thursday because I have a date scheduled with somebody else. In that case, would I just cancel the Thursday date?”
