You may need an accountability framework<\/strong><\/strong>. It is great if you can just blindly trust yourself and each other. But this is neither granted nor, possibly, as frequent as we\u2019d like it to be. Nash suggests \u2018something like an umpire\u2019 to enforce agreements. Now, as this can prove complicated in dating, what about the following proxies: (i) a joint network of friends that knows or gets to know both of you well, and with whom you are willing to share where you stand dating wise; and (ii) for the younger or the more conservative among us: parents who are kept abreast of essential agreements. The accountability thing is naturally a small circle affair; I don\u2019t advise publishing on facebook. It also should not be something that locks you into a relationship, but rather a trusted group that is in the know but otherwise neutral.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nIf\u00a0this sounds too businesslike for love, ask yourself when you last held someone to these standards?\u00a0If anything, your dating life deserves much more.<\/p>\n
All this with the grain of salt that we are sometimes too irrational to apply the rationally obvious. But try and let me know how it goes!<\/p>\n
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