What You Can Learn From Friends

In this section of online dating tips, we will be discussing how you can
find value in observing your love interest's friends and their
interactions together.

It turns out that you can learn a lot about a person by looking at the friends that they keep. This rule applies to your romance interest too, of course. Be sure to "meet the boys" before you designate the title of "boyfriend" to the wrong boy.

So you're going to take ol' Relationship-Buddy's online relationship advice and do a little due diligence on your man. What can you look for? What can you learn from their interactions? How much weight should you give to all this stuff?

Let's answer each question one-by-one...

What can you look for?

1) If he is putting on a show for you.

If he claims to be a popular, party animal but all his friends have tape on their glasses and wear pocket protectors - he may be exaggerating his social status.

If he claims to be heavily anti-drugs, but his friends appear to be clones of Cheech and Chong - he may be lying to you.

2) If he has both long-time and new friends. Long-term buddies indicate that he is capable of maintaining a friendship. New friends indicate that he is capable of forming new bonds
and is likable - both important traits.

What can you learn from the interactions?

1) If he a leader or a follower.

2) If he is shown respect or if he just a punching bag. If your potential boyfriend doesn't get any respect from his friends, how can he get respect from other people?

3) If he has any issues that he "forgot" to mention. Usually when a guy is with his buddies, his inhibitions are reduced. Watching his interactions you may
find out that your man is a sexist, racist, etc.

How much weight should you put on this?

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The answer to this question depends on you. If pulling the wool over your eyes in any fashion is a deal-breaker, so be it. Save the broken hearts and end the bond now.

On the other hand, what if you really like the guy but he misrepresented himself to you in a trivial matter?

Instead of going to the clubs on the weekend, he goes to the library. Concerning online dating tips, ours would be that something of that nature should probably just be talked through and not necessarily be a cause for parting ways.

As you can see, studying your fella's friends can give you the inside scoop on issues that he may not be willing to advertise.

Use this dating online advice towards your own mission of finding Mr. Right.

Good Luck!