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The Dating Model

The Current Culture of Dating

There are no roadmaps, guideposts or models for dating. Only conversations about yours or someone else’s experience or feelings about dating. There is no known path to navigate. Finding a life partner is often left to “a roll of the dice” or fate. more

The Dating Model
  • The Dating Model - The MeadowStage One: The Meadow
    The Meadow is anyplace you could meet someone. That could be at work, a social event, an online dating site, Starbucks, the airport. more
  • The Dating Model - The CorralStage Two: The Corral
    The Corral is where dating takes place. The Corral is where you are getting to know someone. In The Corral, you have no concern for the future. more
  • The Dating Model - The StableStage Three: The Stable
    The Stable is where exclusivity occurs. It is reserved for your possible future life partner. Being in The Stable is a “hypothesis” for the last stage. more
  • The Dating Model - The RanchStage Four: The Ranch
    The Ranch represents being in a committed partnership. At The Ranch, you have found the person you have always wanted. You and your partner are happy joining your futures together. more

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Invent your future now
Utilizing The Dating Model, you are in control. Each stage is a context. The stage you are in informs your feelings and behavior. You, not someone else, are making your future happen. You are in motion and you know where you’re going and how to get there.
The Lights
Dating is not about love. Love does not occur until the third stage of The Dating Model. It doesn’t mean it cannot occur before the third stage, but there is no advantage to having it happen before.

To be successful using The Dating Model, while dating, you need to be able to ask yourself “is the light green or is the light red?” What that means is, look into your experience and see how it is going for you.

A green light means “say yes to the next thing”, whatever the next thing is. Say yes, or just keep going.

A red light means “no”, or means stop. A yellow light is fine, keep going until the color of the light becomes clearer.

Remember to ask yourself “what color is the light?” You do not need to concern yourself with your feelings.
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