Posts Tagged ‘romance’
5 Ways Modern Society is Crushing Romance
Ah, romance. The stuff seemingly only found in history books and black and white movies where men wore three-piece-suits and called women “darling.” An era not without flaws, of course, and it’s easy to see that society has evolved in strides even throughout the past few decades, but it’s arguable that not everything has been an…
Read MoreThe New School Romance Podcast: Is Chivalry Dead?
In the premiere episode of New School Romance, host James Michael Sama discusses widespread frustrations with the state of dating in today’s day and age. Are chivalry and romance dead? Are they ever coming back? Should we even work to bring them back? And, if so, how do these things look in modern society compared to…
Read More10 Uncomfortable Truths about Relationships Nobody Wants to Admit
If you want easy, simple, or convenient, then dating these days is perfect for you. Some people may read this and immediately recoil at the idea of dating being ‘easy’ or ‘simple.’ They will rant about how things are so complicated now and how nobody wants any commitment and is just looking to hook up,…
Read MoreThe Best Dating App is Called “Life”
Odds are, if you’re reading this, you have Tinder’d or Bumble’d Coffee-Meets-Bagle’d or Luxy’d or Raya’d until you’ve been numb in the thumbs. I know I have. If you can relate, that also means you might be falling into the same trap that a lot of different people seem to be caught in these days:…
Read MoreYou Can Respect a Woman and Still Seduce Her
Guys seem a bit confused these days. What does equality mean, exactly? Am I not supposed to pay for dinners or drinks anymore? I know she gets bombarded by comments on social media all the time, so can I no longer tell her she’s beautiful? Is she going to pepper-spray me if I say hello…
Read MoreThe Advice Nobody Gives You About Attracting Women
Want to learn how to attract women? It’s easy, really. You can go buy a book, watch videos, or spend endless amounts of your time memorizing lines or strategies or methods, so you can get her attention over the other guy. You can spend months in the gym until you’ve got the perfect 6-pack, and…
Read MoreIf You Deserve More From Men, Stop Accepting Less
What came first, the chicken or the egg? You may be asking yourself what this question has to do with men putting more effort into dating, but stick with me for a second. As you may have noticed, we are slowly but surely devolving as a culture into the abyss of “that’s just the way…
Read MoreThe New School Guide to Bringing Back Romance
Let’s face it – we often glorify the past without putting the full picture into focus. We do this with much of history, but more often than not, we do it with dating and relationships. We think about our parents’ and grandparents’ generations, and how they had that old school love. The kind of love…
Read More10 Reasons Why Old School Love Wins and You’re Losing
Love. Romance. Courtship. Etiquette. Manners. What are these foreign concepts that seem to only be found in dusty pages of history books? We seem to have lost sight of what it takes to build real, solid, healthy relationships – and I believe that those of us who actually value them are feeling the pain.…
Read MoreGrandparents Give Relationship Advice on 64th Anniversary
To celebrate my grandparents’ 64th wedding anniversary, we got together at my parents’ house (which is an every-Sunday-tradition for us, anyway). After dinner, I sat down with the happy newlyweds and asked my 90 year old grandfather, Silvio, what the secrets were for a happy, long-lasting marriage. His answer: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJamesMSama%2Fvideos%2F1307751329244245%2F&show_text=1&width=560 What have YOU found to…
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