Dating in the Early Stages

Be honest with yourself about the fact that this situation isn't really meeting your needs of your dating life. Expressing your standard doesn't have to come in any aggressive form or any passive aggressive form even it could just come in the form of making fun. Teasing someone a little bit of humor goes a long way in these situations especially early on when your standard shouldn't become an expectation. The difference between standards and expectations is a standard is about me and expectation is about you. We want to be wary of expectations in early stage dating instead having standards. Standards mean if you're not giving me what I need I'm going to modify my investment my energy our excitement in this situation accordingly. Now