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5 Tips for Curing Your Addiction to the Highs of Early Romance
If you are addicted* to the highs of early romance, these five tips will help you improve your picker and attract a love that lasts.
By Sandy Weiner
Hello. My name is Sandy, and I’m a recovering romance adrenaline junky. My pre-marriage dating history was filled with the highs of early romance; short relationships that started out hot and heavy…then popped, sizzled, and burned out.
I was addicted to the high of early romance. I jumped into relationships headfirst, letting attraction lead the way, without any real knowledge of how to identify red flags or deal-breakers. It was all about attraction, attraction, attraction.
When I was 23-years-old, I went on a three-week cross-country trip with a guy I had only been dating for two weeks. It was an amazing opportunity to get to travel across this beautiful country and camp out at all the National Parks. But after only a few days, it became clear that there was trouble ahead.
There were long silences, which is not fun when your car radio breaks, and your boyfriend is studying for his MCATs and won’t talk to you for hours at a time. Oh, and did I mention that the air conditioner stopped working in the heat…
