With the plethora of dating advice out there, it could take years to sort through it all. Here's a snapshot love guide of the highlights in five minutes or less.

Dating Tips for Men:
- Be confidant, but don't let your enormous ego take over. Try a few humble, honest jokes to open up.
- Ditch the lines - all of them. None of them have worked before or ever will.


Dating Tips for Women:
- Be energetic. Don't just lounge around waiting for him to come to you.
- Give him a bit of a challenge. If you throw yourself at his feet, it indicates you have very little going for yourself without a man.

Dating Tips for Couples:

• Add a little suspense to your evening. Early in the week, each of you write down 20 things you'd like to do. Not all of them have to be sexual. Some can be simple, romantic, things – like going out to dinner at a place you've never heard of. Some can be spontaneous – like throw together an overnight bag and run off to a hotel together for the weekend. Every night, put the ideas into a hat (or you know, a bowl) and take turns drawing one out.

• Don't get too comfortable. Too often, couples fall into routines – the routine of waking up next to their lover, the routine of having dinner with them, the routine of watching television with them. It's just part of the every day process.
  
  Online Dating Tips:
  - Let the emotional relationship develop a little - try not to jump right into meeting in person.
  - If you do meet up, always start in a public place - somewhere with a lit parking lot. Tell a friend where you're going. Slyly slip it past your date that someone else knows where you are and who you're meeting: “My roommate's just waiting to bombard me with all sorts of questions about finally meeting you as soon as I get home.”
  - Be honest. If you no longer have that 6 pack, don't pretend that you do. There's no way this won't come back to bite you.
  

What Not to Do:

• Don't try too hard to be so different - because that's exactly what *everyone* else is doing.

• Don't assume all he wants is sex. Men have emotions, too, but don't walk into it expecting he's going to be your new hubby, either.

• Don't overstate what you want from this. If you're looking for a few nights of fun, just say so - preferably on your profile page.

  
  

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