15. Date separate people on separate days
When you decide on what you want to achieve, think about it again. This time, ask yourself why you want that. Maybe you had a bad breakup that left you with trust issues. Perhaps you are afraid of commitment because you think everyone is going to hurt you the same way someone from your past did.
Regardless of what it is that you want, there might be some underlying issues that aren’t going to go away on their own, and you need to work through them to get what you truly deserve.
You can avoid overbooking yourself by dating separate people on separate days. If you have two or more dates during the same day, you are going to neglect other aspects of your life, risk the people you’re dating running into each other, and it will simply be stressful.
Even though these people are aware of each other, it’s best not to let them meet if they don’t have to, plus, you won’t be able to relax and have fun, and it will be hard to keep track of things.
You don’t want to arrive at a date while still thinking about the date before. Avoid overlaps and make sure that everything sinks in by scheduling dates with separate people on separate days.
You might want to take a few days just for yourself too, so you could make sure that there’s a date-free day in between separate dates. It might make the dating process longer, but it will let you live your life the way you did so far and keep things casual for now.
16. Don’t share too much.
We’ve talked about not sharing too much with the people you’re dating because they don’t need to know the details about each other, but this is not the only thing not sharing too much refers to.
People like to gossip, and sometimes they’re just looking for something to talk about. Even though there’s nothing uncommon about dating multiple people, you don’t want to stage a show that someone would love talking about. Meaning, don’t share too much about your love life with anyone.
Of course, you can talk about it with the people close to you, but it’s still best not to share too much. Word gets around, and you don’t want one of your dates finding out that you had more fun on the date with the other person or that you told your friend something they’ve told you in private.
17. Know that you can still fall in love.
Even if you’re just looking to have some fun and aren’t after anything serious, know that you could still develop feelings for one or more people that you’re dating. You’re a human being, so you can’t really stop yourself from experiencing emotions.
Casual dating sounds fun, but even people who aren’t looking for feelings can catch them. So, you could fall in love when casually dating multiple people at the same time.
When this happens, you should think about whether you want to pursue that relationship. If so, you’ll probably need to stop dating other people. If you still just want casual fun, you could stop dating the person you’re having feelings for and keep dating others.
What if you are having feelings for more than one person and you simply can’t choose? Well, that’s the risk of dating multiple people, and unless they’re fine with being in an open relationship with you, you can’t keep them all.
In the end, think about whether dating multiple people is the right choice for you. It might be simpler to focus on one person at a time if you’re looking for a partner.