Dr Catherine - Dating Guru
In yesterday’s post in social media, we discussed the importance of having more than one photo in your on-line dating profile.
Psychologists say that it takes 7 (or even 4) seconds to make an impression – so be sure that your photo is recent and reveals an aspect of your character.
[Read more…] about Your on-line profile
This Christmas, because of professional commitments, I cancelled my 3 week holiday in Phuket.
A single woman (widowed for nearly 4 years), without any living relatives, I was not minded to impose myself on families who had already made their own arrangements.
So I opted to spend this period on my own and make the most of it! One of my dear mentees (and friend), Federico, once said that my caption should be: ‘Keep on going’ – and that is precisely what I did.
[Read more…] about The Power of Friendship and Positive Thinking
Much is being written nowadays about young girls feeling pressure to look good in the age of
the Selfie, – how everyone looks better, is enjoying a more exciting life style etc, etc.
Much less is said about women over 50. The ethereal beautiful Kristen Scott Thomas has her fears that she will ‘just disappear’ into middle age.
She told how she felt like an ‘old ragbag’ compared to younger co-stars and confided that she felt ‘invisible’ while surrounded by young actresses at the Cannes Film Festival.
Daters can convince themselves that the impossible can happen. Michael was one such person (until he used our services and had a ‘reality check’): he met Celia on line and it turned out that they had friends in common; thus, Michael was able to confirm that her husband had indeed embezzled money out of their jointly owned company and she was indeed widowed. Since meeting through a dating site, Celia moved back to her native Brazil with her 3 children but continued to exchange steamy texts with Michael. And then, suddenly Celia stopped all forms of communications. [Read more…] about Love is blind(ing)
I met in Alastair in the late 80s – through The French Chamber of Commerce where I was a Board Director and founder of the Franco-British Construction Industry Group (which I chaired).
At the time, Alastair headed up a company looking after the UK interests of the Makhtoom family (including their horses, properties and grouse shooting enterprises).
The French Chamber was mainly self-funding and dependent on members’ contributions with regard to attendance . My division, The F/B Construction Industry Group, was thus an important contributor to the Chamber’s operations; participation at events was essential. So one day, I confronted Alastair and asked him why he never attended my receptions. He replied ‘ he was busy’ – so I countered: ‘don’t you have any staff?’
It is your first date with this on-line person. Who pays the bill? What happens next can set the tone for the future of your relationship.
Dr Wendy L. Patrick writes in an excellent article in Psychology Today (2nd Sept 2017) that there are no rules regarding bills these days.
My personal stance is that whoever makes the booking (or chooses the venue) and places the order should be the person who pays the bill.
