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Give each other space \u2013 especially when you\u2019re just starting the relationship.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A friend of mine recently mentioned that she’d started seeing someone new and he apparently could set his own schedule at work. In other words, he was free to see her anytime he pleased. When you start seeing someone new you usually want to spend lots of time around them; they’re a new squeaky toy that you want to hug and squish until its eyes bug out and it stops squeaking.<\/p>\n

My advice? Take it easy<\/strong>. Give each other space – especially when you’re just starting out. No one wants to be smothered right off the bat and you’ll find their company much more enjoyable if you take it in small doses at first. You only get one honeymoon phase, you might as well make it last as long as you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A friend of mine recently mentioned that she’d started seeing someone new and he apparently could set his own schedule at work. In other words, he was free to see her anytime he pleased. When you start seeing someone new you usually want to spend lots of time around them; they’re a new squeaky toy that you want to hug and squish until its eyes bug out and it stops squeaking. My advice? Take it easy. Give each other space – especially when you’re just starting out. No one wants to be smothered right off the bat and you’ll find their company much more enjoyable if you take it in small doses at first. You only get one honeymoon phase, you might as well make it last as long as you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,8,1],"tags":[13,14,12,94,34],"metadata":{"post_views_count":["1003"],"_edit_lock":["1554204499:11"],"_edit_last":["11"],"fp_meta_post_video_code":[""],"fp_meta_post_sidebar_name":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":["starting to date"],"_yoast_wpseo_title":["Why You Should Take it Easy When Starting to Date | Mingle2"],"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":["When you start seeing someone new you usually want to spend lots of time around them. 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