Dating Dave | Auckland Based Dating Coach

The Hidden Difference Between Chemistry and Compatibility

June 2, 2026

One of the biggest mistakes I see people make in dating is confusing chemistry with compatibility. At first glance, the two concepts seem closely related. Both contribute to attraction. Both influence whether a relationship develops. Both play important roles in romantic success. Yet despite their [...]

Why Being Too Available Can Hurt Your Dating Life

June 2, 2026

One of the most common pieces of advice people hear in the dating world is to “be yourself.” As a dating coach, I generally agree with that sentiment. Authenticity matters. Honesty matters. Being genuine matters. However, there is an important distinction that many people overlook. [...]

Are Dating Apps Creating More Choice or More Confusion?

June 2, 2026

When online dating first became popular, it promised something that seemed almost revolutionary. Instead of relying on chance encounters, introductions from friends, or limited social circles, people could suddenly connect with potential partners from a much wider pool. For many singles, this felt [...]

The Rise of Emotional Burnout in Modern Relationships

June 2, 2026

Over the past few years, I have noticed a phrase appearing more frequently in conversations with singles, couples, and even people who have been happily partnered for many years. That phrase is emotional burnout. Traditionally, burnout was associated with work. We talked about people becoming [...]

Why So Many Good Men and Women Are Quietly Giving Up on Dating

June 2, 2026

As a dating coach, one of the conversations I seem to be having more often than ever before is with genuinely good people who have simply become tired. They are not bitter, angry, or determined to remain single forever. Instead, they have become exhausted by the process of modern dating and have [...]

The Problem With “Keeping Your Options Open”

May 13, 2026

One of the most common phrases in modern dating culture is “I’m just keeping my options open.” On the surface, it sounds practical, logical, and emotionally sensible. People are encouraged not to become emotionally invested too quickly, not to place all their hopes into one person too early, [...]

Why Authenticity Is Becoming Attractive Again

May 13, 2026

For a long time, modern dating culture seemed to reward performance more than authenticity. People carefully curated photos, filtered personalities, rehearsed messages, emotionally detached behaviour, and highly polished online identities designed to appear attractive, confident, successful, and [...]

Why Men and Women Are Struggling to Connect Emotionally

May 13, 2026

One of the saddest realities of modern dating is that many men and women genuinely want love, connection, companionship, and emotional closeness, yet increasingly seem unable to emotionally reach each other properly. There is no shortage of attraction, messaging, flirting, or dating opportunities [...]

Why Emotional Availability Is Becoming Rare

May 13, 2026

One of the biggest problems quietly affecting modern dating is that genuinely emotionally available people are becoming harder to find. Many singles are still meeting people, dating, messaging, flirting, and forming initial connections, but far fewer people seem emotionally capable of sustaining [...]

The Loneliness Epidemic Nobody Talks About in Dating

May 13, 2026

One of the strangest contradictions in modern life is that people have never been more connected technologically, yet so many feel profoundly lonely emotionally. Dating apps, social media, instant messaging, video calls, and constant online interaction were all supposed to make connection easier. [...]

Why Confidence Is More Attractive Than Looks

May 13, 2026

One of the biggest misconceptions in modern dating is the idea that physical appearance is the main thing determining romantic success. A lot of people quietly believe that if they were slightly taller, younger, fitter, wealthier, prettier, or more conventionally attractive, their dating life would [...]

What Western Men Should Understand About Dating Thai Women

May 13, 2026

ne thing I’ve noticed over the years, both through personal experience and through conversations with other men navigating international relationships, is that many Western men approach dating Thai women without fully understanding the cultural framework those relationships often sit inside. As a [...]

Dating Emotionally Unavailable People Never Ends Well

May 13, 2026

One of the hardest lessons many people eventually learn in dating is that attraction alone is not enough to build a healthy relationship. You can feel intense chemistry with somebody, enjoy amazing conversations, share physical attraction, laugh together effortlessly, and still end up emotionally [...]

Why Situationships Leave People Emotionally Drained

May 13, 2026

One of the biggest reasons modern dating feels emotionally exhausting for so many people is the rise of the situationship. Almost everybody dating today seems to have experienced one at some stage. It usually begins with strong chemistry, constant communication, emotional intimacy, attraction, [...]

The Real Reason People Ghost Instead of Communicating

May 13, 2026

One of the most frustrating parts of modern dating is not necessarily rejection itself, but the complete lack of communication that often comes with it. More and more people are experiencing situations where somebody seems emotionally interested, messages consistently, spends time with them, [...]

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