Dating is going out or spending time with someone you’re interested in romantically. It can be serious or just casual depending on how you feel about the person. It can include doing activities together, talking or doing physical things like kissing or holding hands.
Your personal life could be improved by dating because you won’t be alone. You’ll have someone to spend time with. You could also end up finding a good partner that you’re happy with.
Dating can be fun. It usually is in fact. It’s important to make sure you’re respected though. Never let anyone hurt you physically or emotionally just because you’re dating them. It’s never OK for anyone to hit you, force you to do physical things you’re not comfortable with or hurt you in any other way.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with dating. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Dating
- Balancing a conflicting friendship and relationship. Currently I have a relationship with a man who I feel should be the primary person in my life. Previously, my best friend had occupied the role of the most important person. Transitioning the priority from one person to the other has caused stress and a small amount of hurt feelings. This is stressful because they are the two most important people in my life and I would not want to alienate either.
- Breaking up with my girlfriend that I’ve been dating for nearly three years. This was hard since I am the type of person to always think things through for very long amounts of time and still be unsure if my “final” decision is the correct one. I will never know all of the right answers, but my glass will remain half-full and I am excited to see what the future holds.
- Have a tough conversation with my girlfriend about the importance of personal time, I require too much apparently, Its not about the quantity of which I spend every day its about my feelings. I am a guy I’m not that difficult a creature im just asking for a little slack on some decisions that form immediately, who’s friends contact them ahead of time, all the time… thats what I thought. lets just talk about it….
- How can I become rich? How can I success in life like the others? How can I win and influence people around me? How can I make people trust in me? Things that frustrating me the most are not having independent life and trust from my parents and jealous girlfriend whom I try to calm her down for long time, but she still feel angry.
- I had to call my girlfriend’s professor to persuade him to be easy with the questions and assignments on the upcoming exam. It was frustrating because that was 7th time for her taking that test and that professor is real “pain-in-the-***” because he expects money or “presents” in exchange for passing grade.
- I have a busy house hold three young boys. My boyfriend helps but not really he struggles with helping around the house and by making my life a little less cluttered. Simple things like using a towel more than once. It frustrates me that I have to always have to point the some things out.
- I have been sucked into a custody battle between my boyfriend and his ex wife . The truth is neither parent is really fit to raise this child successfully . I am also being vilianized because I refuse to lie . Do not place an honest person in a position to have to hurt you with the truth .
- I have had to decide whether or not I should still be with my girlfriend when I have met a new amazing girl from a vacation I recently went on. This is frustrating because as a person I hate hurting people but someone is going to get hurt no matter what and I feel like my personal feelings are minor compared to the feelings of others. This puts me in a tough situation because I have been trying to honor myself more however I do not wish emotional hurt upon those I love or those whom I have just met.
- I have had to tell my girlfriend the problems that she and I need to fix. Relationships are always difficult especially when one of us expects more from the other. Sometimes it really never seem like she cared enough to even sit by me at school ,which I am always forced to do.
- I have recently broken up with a long term partner, who decided at the weekend he would test the limits and be really quite rude. I had been spending the weekend with some dear friends, and of course, he knew this was the case. I had promised him that I would be nothing but nice and we could attempt to be friends when the time is right. He really tested my patience at the weekend, and it was very frustrating. Of course, I held back and refused to be hurtful back to him, however, just keeping my frustrations inside was frustrating in itself!
- My boyfriend went to juvy, I had to decide weather to stay with him or move on and it was difficult because he made a serious bad choice but then again I don’t want to leave him. It caused peolems through my family and friends and is still casusing a lot of stress.
- My boyfriend’s best friend is extremely rude and sloppy. My boyfriend and I live with said best friend and I am constantly cleaning up after him. This roommate never misses a chance to talk bad about me and throw me under the bus. I sat down with my boyfriend to discuss the issue and how we/I should approach it. At first my boyfriend got defensive and wasnt willing to listen to me. After we talked for a little while and he calmed down, he saw things from my point of view and agreed to talk to our roommate.
- My son recently got himself arrested, my girlfriend is pregnant, I’m not divorced yet from my separated wife who abused my son and currently is the guardian of my daughter, and it’s all happening at once. It’s frustrating because these events are complex due to the personal relationships they stem from. Also, they are set in motion and out of my control currently.
- Struggling to understand the extent of my relationship with a very good friend. It is difficult to figure out what our feelings are and where they will go as they develop. There is no personal pressure – I like where things are, how they are going, but being in a social setting I am beginning to realize that that society is trying to identify and place demands on what we are and have.
- Talk with my girlfriend about boundaries so that we stay pure which was weird but went well and after we were done I was really excited so it went from awkward to fun really quickly. It was more scary than it was frustrating. I don’t really get frustrated all that often.
- The most frustrating and annoying thing I had to do was to give my friend my earphones. Yeah I know it sounds a bit petty but I just hate lending my stuff to friends because they NEVER give it back on time! It’s just frustrating that I am not in full control of my personal possesions at all times. Hope this information helps you!
- The most frustrating thing I’ve done in the past few days is probably talking to people that I’m friends with. Not my guy friends, but with girls. Girls that I have feelings for, and just the opposite sex in general. Sure I make them laugh, but I feel awkward, odd, out of body.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do is to explain myself to my boyfriend. It’s frustrating because I am a very strong and competent communicator with high empathy capacity, but he isn’t on the same wavelength. So when I’m feeling any emotion, I sometimes have to spend hours explaining the logic and rationale behind my emotions, which is very draining and exhausting for me. It would be nice if he could naturally relate to me emotionally without the long, drawn-out talks.
- The most frustrating thing i’ve had to do is watch my boyfriend go all the way back to Memphis. Because I had already not seen or talked to him in 7-8 months so when he came back I thought things were going to be how they were before he left but he left again.