DANA KURITZKES

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DANA KURITZKES: DATING EXPERT

By Adam Kluger

SUMMER DATING TIPS

1Unless you are looking to get undressed just as quickly as you swipe right, keep your clothes on in your dating profile pics. I get that it’s summer and you’re feeling good about that tan, but leave something to the imagination. There’s nothing a bikini-clad photo screams except, well, desperation.

2Transparency is key. I went on a date a few weeks ago with a guy who told me halfway through dinner that he had two kids. I don’t need to know your favorite movie, or the fact that you’re lactose-intolerant upfront, but being responsible for another human life besides your own is a BFD. Give a girl a head’s up.

3Keep your options open. Dating multiple people doesn’t make you a skank, it makes you smart. I’m not saying to lead people on, or be a player. But you’re not doing anything WRONG by trying to figure out who’s Mr. Right. Not all of us meet our soulmate while in line at Starbucks (unless you’re my friend Katherine. True story).

4Don’t get too excited about someone. I get it. You go on an amazing date, and then have another amazing date, and want to keep having amazing dates with this person. But remind yourself that even after three dates, you do not know them. Three dates is what, 6-8 hours depending on the duration? GIRL (or guy), it takes way longer than that to get to know someone. It’s easy to get really wrapped up in the idea of someone, without actually really knowing them.

5Try to connect, not impress. I actually stole this last one from a guy I went out recently who said this to me during our date and I couldn’t agree more. Dating shouldn’t be about grand gestures and bravado. Dating should be about connection, chemistry, and really seeing if you mesh with this other person. Like how butter, sugar, and flour makes a dough. Or cheese and tortilla chips makes nachos (apologies for all the food metaphors, but I’m hungry). You get the point.

6Trust your gut. If you are sensing something is off, or wondering why someone’s behavior has changed, YOU ARE NOT CRAZY. It’s because something IS off. If you have to ask….IT IS.

Dana Kuritzkes is a Los Angeles native with more than ten years of public relations and social media experience. She attended college at the University of Arizona, where she studied Journalism and interned at various publications including USA Today and Angeleno Magazine. Upon graduating, Dana moved back to Los Angeles to pursue her career in PR, eventually transitioning into digital and social media for brands. A hopeless romantic at her true core, Dana started sharing dating tips & tricks via her TikTok channel, The D Spot, determined to help people find the love they deserve, and cut out the crap they don’t. When not at work, Dana can be found at the nearest taco truck, testing new recipes from her Pinterest board, or scavenging the city for unique furniture finds. Oh, and taking selfies because pics or it didn’t happen.