Nourishment is defined as anything that helps us grow. Wouldn't it be cool if dating was nourishing and transcended serial interviews and flirtatious banter? What if singles felt truly nourished on a dates - not titillated or headily romantic, but nourished because we are being fully ourselves. This doesn't mean that singles will feel happy or comfortable on a date. In fact, we might feel more hurt, sad, or upset. But it will be real, help us grow, and thus be more nourishing.

Where I've started paying attending to being more genuine is noticing when I am not being genuine or as truthful as I can be. When I get home from a date feeling regretful; this is a clue that I was not fully myself and I repressed many urges to disagree, say something that might render me "undesireable", or even following a topic of conversation that really didn't really interest me, but that I was pretending to like because I really just wanted my date to like me. I've had dates when I've felt nourished afterwards where I was outwardly rejected, or I really didn't like my date, but because we were more genuine with each other, we were able to see and hear the other.