Tired of swiping through dating profiles on your phone? Maybe it's time to get out there and meet people in real life. A sexuality and relationship educator shares advice about how to meet new people, strike up conversations and move on from a love interest if the vibe isn't there.
SEGARRA: On this episode of LIFE KIT - how to find folks to date out in the world. We will walk you through some of the steps to take to start noticing other people, make yourself approachable, spark conversations and get to the point where you're exchanging numbers.So I feel like ever since we got so attached to our phones, and since online dating became a thing, we have stopped noticing people in real life as much. Like, if I pick my head up and look around when I'm on the subway or at an outdoor cafe or maybe at the park, if people aren't talking to someone else, then their head is usually buried in a phone. And I wonder if one of the first steps to finding folks to date offline is just noticing other people or being present in the moment.But if you're approaching your life from, like, I just want to have really great interactions with people, then I don't know. That sounds pretty good to me even if you're, quote-unquote, "alone." SEGARRA: Yeah. SHUAVARNNASRI: I think dating is this space for a possibility. When we're dating online, we're trying to streamline that possibility, right? We're trying to, like, streamline it because we know, OK, all these people are in there to meet a potential dater.See if they want to walk to the cafe together at lunch or invite them to a low stakes group hangout. Whatever happens, remember; rejection is not personal. And your worth is inherent, it doesn't depend on whether someone wants to date you. For more LIFE KIT, check out our other episodes.