No matter what stage you are in a relationship, whether you are just starting to like somebody or getting more serious, there 're a few things you absolutely need to know. The first step in a whole relationship process, of course, is dating. You have to make sure you like this person and you have to make sure that you 're presenting yourself in the best light possible. People think that they 're ready all the time but that may not actually be the case. Of cause you may have just got out of a relationship, you could be rebounding, and of course if you do not see what has gone wrong in your last relationship and the ones before it, doom to repeat the same mistakes over and over again. Read the signs. Now that goes for somebody who you just met at a bar or at a grocery store. It also goes for, your platonic friend, maybe a co worker you 've had your eye on. Of course you wanna see if that person has their body language open to you, if they 're flirting or kind of looking you from across the room. It's also important to ask your friends for help and let them do the work that they so desperately want to do, so let them set you up. Dating does not have to be difficult, with that said, there 're some pitfalls you absolutely should avoid. One mistake people can make when they 're first meeting somebody is disclosing too, too much about their past relationships, about their family, about all sorts of things that you wanna learn over time. You wanna make sure that the pickup line that you 're using does not sound rehearsed, it does not sound cliche, and it really represents who you are. Sometimes you can just say: Hi, how are you? I mean it really can be that easy sometimes. Of course, girls love that guy at the end of the bar who is absorbed with his friend and looks kind of cool and distant,