Essential Dating Experiences All Women Should Have ...

By Holly

Essential Dating Experiences All Women Should Have ...

Finding the man of your dreams isn’t the only experience worth having when it comes to love. Even though your end goal is probably to find your soulmate, there are a lot of fun pit stops you can take along the way. After all, the more you do in life, the more stories you'll have to tell. Here are a few dating experiences every woman should have, whether they're intentional or not:

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1

Dumping and Getting Dumped

It's important to experience both sides of a breakup. When you get dumped, you learn how to deal with getting hurt by someone close to you. When you initiate a breakup, you learn how to (hopefully) handle a rough situation delicately. Even though it's never any fun to be heartbroken after getting dumped or to feel guilty after dumping someone else, the experiences will help you grow as a person.

2

Dating without Intentions

There's nothing wrong in having a summer fling. There's nothing wrong with meeting a hottie at a party and making out with him, either. Your dates don't always have to lead to relationships. Sometimes it's fun to just hang out and make out with guy without having any big expectations.

3

Double Dating

If you end up with a boyfriend at the same time that your best friend ends up with a boyfriend, you need to go on a double date. It's an entirely different experience than going on a one-on-one date or hanging out with a large group. The topics you talk about will be different, the mood will be different, and even the activities you choose to go out to do can be different.

4

Scouting for Boys

It's fun to be in a relationship at the same time that your friend is in a relationship, but it's also fun to be single at the same time that your friends are single. That way, you can head to the mall or the beach or the bar with the sole purpose of chatting with boys. It's the best way to bond with your buddies.

5

Asking a Guy out

Men aren't the only ones allowed to take the lead. You should be brave and initiate a conversation, a date, or a kiss with a dude you find attractive. Even if he rejects you, you'll feel proud of yourself for doing something so daring.

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6

Cliché Dates

Every woman deserves to go on a few cliche dates. You should sit down at a 5-star restaurant at some point and sit down on a ferris wheel at another point. Do the things you've dreamt about doing since you were a kid watching Disney movies.

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Unique Dates

Whenever you have a cliche date, you should follow it up with an adventurous, unique date. Go skydiving, white water rafting, or bungee jumping. If you're not an adrenaline junkie, then you can try going on a safari, climbing a rock wall, or seeing the taping of a TV show.

If you've already found the love of your life, then there's nothing wrong with skipping these experiences. But if you're still searching for Mr. Right, you shouldn't be afraid to do any of the things on this list in the meantime. How many of these dating experiences have you had?

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@karena and @kathleen I feel your pain, my girlfriend is studying school in another country right now, she's an 8 day drive away :/ so even though I'm not single, I'm still the third wheel when it comes to my couple friends and will be every September -June for the next 3 years unfortunately. But don't panic, love will find you when you least expect it. Or you could try dating sites. You have to deal with some jerks but you could make lots of friends or a romantic interest.

Some of these points don't apply to me but I had an experience going out with a friend who I couldn't reciprocate feelings for. I decided to leave it as I just saw us as friends - I waited for a while before starting any kind of relationship :)

Definitely been through step 1 quite a couple times (and I totally agree with the fact that it helps you grow as a person 😉) but I am soooo gonna do everything else on this list now

How about girl scouting? These things are always targeted towards all the straight gals. ;0

@Karena Forbush I feel your pain. I'm in the same boat: single with friends that either have a boyfriend or are engaged

I had a friend like that @TheQueenofBitches - decided to part ways cause all she talked about was her men dramas, boring!

My friend has done a lot of dumping. She has a new bf every three months and she claims that she loves the current one everytime. Also she can't stop talking about her ex bfs .. Actually I think she talks about them more.

Love this. :) i agree 100%. My girlfriend and I recently went on a full day cheese date. We went to the park and had a picnic for breakfast, then we went to the movies, then we went and had dinner in a "fancy" (but cheap because we're both broke) restaurant, and ended it at the carnival waiting in line for an hour to get on the ferris wheel lol. It was a lot of fun, but extremely cheesy. If someone had taken me on a date like that for real I'm not sure I could take them seriously lol.

Expectations is so hard for me...I always have them. I'm currently in a new thing with someone and I'm going with the flow and trying my hardest to just let go, have fun and be happy...no expectations from them, besides being respectful.

Nice info.. Thanks

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