Accompanying you on your dating journey.
Lots of resources to help you at every point.
Dating can take two strangers who just recently met and have them want to spend the rest of their lives together. But this does not happen in one leap.
The dating pair go through several stages in the process, even if the time duration can be quite short. Each stage involves different skills and can be faced with different issues – ones that people have typically not faced before.
We present “The ABC of Dating,” a three-stage structured framework for approaching:
Accompanying you on your dating journey
Lots of resources to help you at every point
Acquaint
Get to Know Each Other
Bond
Develop the Relationship
Commit
Commit to Marriage
+Navigate
Manage the Shidduch Process
Navigate Manage The Shidduch Process
Get yourself dating-ready with insight into what marriage is, guidance on creating your profile, networking for shidduch suggestions, conducting research on potential dates, and how best to prepare yourself for dating.
Our “Navigate” materials will help you to:
- Define your priorities for dating
- Create a profile that reflects your true self
- Plan how to address sensitive topics like physical or mental illness
- Engage with shadchanim and mentors effectively
- Tools and mindsets for enjoyable and effective dates
- Identify when and how to seek outside assistance
- Handle surprising information
Acquaint Get to Know Each Other
The first dates are about exploring compatibility and the shared values that might result in a lasting relationship.
Read about whether to trust your instinct, what to reveal during the first dates, how to handle surprising information, how to spot red flags, how to understand personality types, and what to do if the first dates didn’t go well.
Our “Acquaint” materials will help you to:
- Identify whether there is initial compatibility
- Know when to share personal information
- Understand different personality types
- Address anxieties related to dating
- Recognize red flags
- Decide what to do if a date doesn’t go well
Bond Deepen The Relationship
If the first dates went well, you enter the longest phase of dating — bonding. Here, you allow yourself enough time to build a connection, explore things more deeply, and see if there’s potential for a future together.
Our “Bond” materials will help you to:
- Get to know each other on a deeper level
- Establish whether there is a sufficient level of compatibility
- Foster an emotional connection
- Communicate around any concerns and deal with red flags
- Figure out whether to continue if something bothers you
Commit To Marriage
You’re on the brink of deciding on your life partner. You want to make sure that you are clear and ready. It might be exciting, overwhelming, even frightening as you consider marriage and try to dispel remaining doubts and fears.
Our “Commit” materials will help you to:
- Make sure this person is your soulmate
- Know what to discuss before making a life-long commitment
- Deal with any remaining niggling doubts
- Address and learn to manage fears of commitment
- Decide when it’s time to propose
Accompanying you on your dating journey
Lots of resources to help you at every point
Acquaint
Get to Know Each Other
Acquaint Get to Know Each Other
The first dates are about exploring compatibility and the shared values that might result in a lasting relationship.
Read about whether to trust your instinct, what to reveal during the first dates, how to handle surprising information, how to spot red flags, how to understand personality types, and what to do if the first dates didn’t go well.
Our “Acquaint” materials will help you to:
- Identify whether there is initial compatibility
- Know when to share personal information
- Understand different personality types
- Address anxieties related to dating
- Recognize red flags
- Decide what to do if a date doesn’t go well
Bond
Develop the Relationship
Bond Deepen The Relationship
If the first dates went well, you enter the longest phase of dating — bonding. Here, you allow yourself enough time to build a connection, explore things more deeply, and see if there’s potential for a future together.
Our “Bond” materials will help you to:
- Get to know each other on a deeper level
- Establish whether there is a sufficient level of compatibility
- Foster an emotional connection
- Communicate around any concerns and deal with red flags
- Figure out whether to continue if something bothers you
Commit
Commit to Marriage
Commit Committing To Marriage
You’re on the brink of deciding on your life partner. You want to make sure that you are clear and ready. It might be exciting, overwhelming, even frightening as you consider marriage and try to dispel remaining doubts and fears.
Our “Commit” materials will help you to:
- Make sure this person is your soulmate
- Know what to discuss before making a life-long commitment
- Deal with any remaining niggling doubts
- Address and learn to manage fears of commitment
- Decide when it’s time to propose
+Navigate
Manage the Shidduch Process
Navigate Manage The Shidduch Process
Get yourself dating-ready with insight into what marriage is, guidance on creating your profile, networking for shidduch suggestions, conducting research on potential dates, and how best to prepare yourself for dating.
Our “Navigate” materials will help you to:
- Define your priorities for dating
- Create a profile that reflects your true self
- Plan how to address sensitive topics like physical or mental illness
- Engage with shadchanim and mentors effectively
- Tools and mindsets for enjoyable and effective dates
- Identify when and how to seek outside assistance
- Handle surprising information