Don't Repeat Past Mistakes. Follow These Three Tips Looking for love after divorce?

Here are three tips to help as you begin dating after your divorce. 1. Be suspicious if it all seems too good to be true it probably is. If your subconscious, neurotic needs are running the show, its fabulous at first and then horrible. If your common sense is running it, it starts out tentative, and grows stronger when you meet the right person. If your friends are worried about this relationship, listen to them. They could be wrong, but what if theyre right? You need to find out. 2. You shouldnt feel like you always know what to do. You and this new person are doing a new thing. Seek to work as a team to figure it out as you go along . If either one of you is in charge, theres probably a problem. If youre working together, even though its not too smooth, its probably going OK. 3. Dont keep secrets. Talk about past relationship issues, and be willing to share your emotions and reactions with each other. etting to know each other is the key to developing a working relationship. Dont follow some set of mental rules theyre always a trap from your childhood dont repeat your early family. That style doesnt suit who you are as an adult. Instead, seek to learn something new, about yourself and about each other. If youre afraid that telling the truth will upset your partner, you need to test that right away, to find out if you can get through the problem. Screwing things up is the way to find out if you can fix them together.

Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D. is a licensed psychotherapist in S. California since 1978 with over 30 years experience in counseling individuals and couples and author of 13 books in 17 languages, including It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction; The Unofficial Guide to Dating Again; Money, Sex and Kids: Stop Fighting About the Three Things That Can Ruin Your Marriage, The Commuter Marriage, and her newest, Love Styles: How to Celebrate Your Differences. She writes the Dr. Romance blog, and the Happiness Tips from Tina email newsletter. Dr. Tessina, is CRO (Chief Romance Officer) for LoveForever.com, a website designed to strengthen relationships and guide couples through the various stages of their relationship with personalized tips, courses, and online couples counseling. Online, shes known as Dr. Romance Dr. Tessina appears frequently on radio, and such TV shows as Oprah, Larry King Live and ABC News.