http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm Anthony Buono's blog for dating single Catholics. en-us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:57:38 -0700 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:36:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss AnthonyBuono@6stonejars.com AnthonyBuono@6stonejars.com http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2010/9/9/Men-pay-women-save Who would have guessed that the concept of who should pay on a date, the man or the woman, would be of such interest to debate? I wouldn’t have. I have to say that I never really gave it a thought until I started getting asked the question ofte... Dating Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:36:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2010/9/9/Men-pay-women-save http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2010/6/23/How-important-is-compatibility I read a lot of marriage and relationship books. The subject of compatibility comes up often. One I read recently concluded that a marriage can legitimately be over if compatibility problems are discovered along the way. This idea of compatibility be... Dating Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:29:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2010/6/23/How-important-is-compatibility http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2010/5/12/Choose-a-Truth-Seeker Single persons have lots of opinions about what things they should be looking for in their future spouse as they go through the dating process.   Most of their opinions derive from their checklist of things they want in a person they... Dating Wed, 12 May 2010 07:04:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2010/5/12/Choose-a-Truth-Seeker http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2010/5/6/Act-Like-You-Want-To-Date I want to share with you a note I received from a woman who is struggling to figure out what more she can do to improve her chances of meeting her future husband. I found it to be very insightful and I think many of you could find it useful for your ... Dating Thu, 06 May 2010 12:13:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2010/5/6/Act-Like-You-Want-To-Date http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2010/2/10/Are-we-too-childish-to-date-or-get-married This 2010 snow blizzard stuff is for the birds! The kids love getting the snow in the winter here in Virginia, but this is ridiculous. Even the kids can’t go out when there is 2+ feet of snow. It’s beautiful and all, but it’s hard w... Dating Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:53:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2010/2/10/Are-we-too-childish-to-date-or-get-married http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/9/18/Hes-too-busy-to-meet-me Dear Anthony, I’ve been in regular contact with a man in writing and on the phone for a couple of months. When I mentioned to him that we should plan to meet in person, he said he has so much going on in his life right now that he doesn&rsq... Ask Anthony Online Dating FAQ Dating Online dating Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:29:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/9/18/Hes-too-busy-to-meet-me http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/8/18/How-should-I-deal-with-my-boyfriends-past-sexual-experiences Dear Anthony, Do you have any advice for a dating couple with a difference in past sexual experiences? (I have had none; my boyfriend has had some.) In Patricia Wrona’s book The Exclamation, she writes that it is better if a couple is equal... Ask Anthony Dating Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:28:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/8/18/How-should-I-deal-with-my-boyfriends-past-sexual-experiences http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/8/11/Should-one-be-debtfree-before-marrying Dear Anthony, I’m dating a man who’s great in every way but he happens to be deeply in debt (not through his own fault), and he is working on becoming debt-free before marriage. I’m a bit concerned about his situation and wonder... Ask Anthony Online Dating FAQ Dating Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:17:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/8/11/Should-one-be-debtfree-before-marrying http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/7/31/Should-we-wait-to-get-married-or-break-up-and-then-get-back-together Dear Anthony, I am in a relationship with a man who is about to enter the military, and I will be leaving for graduate school. Do you think it would be wise for us to remain together during the next three years if we won’t be getting marrie... Ask Anthony Dating Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:52:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/7/31/Should-we-wait-to-get-married-or-break-up-and-then-get-back-together http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/7/14/Is-my-being-kind-and-chivalrous-turning-away-women Dear Anthony, I am a single practicing Catholic in my early twenties and feel lonely, depressed, and rejected. I have always been a gentleman, acting kind and chivalrous to the ladies I’ve met, but I can’t find anyone who could be sui... Ask Anthony Online Dating FAQ Dating Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:35:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/7/14/Is-my-being-kind-and-chivalrous-turning-away-women http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/4/29/Friendship-from-a-Man Women have an uncanny ability to make friends and be a friend. A good way to put it is that women are, by nature, inclined to care. Specifically, women care about people. They intuitively are capable of entering into the inner reality of human beings... Theology of the Body Dating Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:50:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/4/29/Friendship-from-a-Man http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/4/21/The-Senses-in-Dating-Conclusion--Conversion-of-the-Senses Every Christmas I watch the 1951 movie "Scrooge" with Alistair Sim. At the end, when Scrooge is converted, he says the wonderful line, "My dear woman, I have not taken leave of my senses, I have come to them." It's a true conversi... Theology of the Body Dating Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:04:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/4/21/The-Senses-in-Dating-Conclusion--Conversion-of-the-Senses http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/4/18/The-Senses-in-Dating-Part-4--Touch In this installment, we cover probably the most obvious of the senses that applies to dating and marriage; namely, the sense of touch. It’s a fundamental aspect of the human experience to touch another human being. And in dating, if you have ne... Theology of the Body Dating Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:40:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/4/18/The-Senses-in-Dating-Part-4--Touch http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/4/14/The-Senses-in-Dating-Part-3--Smell-and-Taste Continuing this series on the senses and how they factor into dating, I decided to do the senses of smell and taste together because they are so intertwined that it’s difficult to consider one without the other at the same time. To reiterat... Theology of the Body Dating Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:58:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/4/14/The-Senses-in-Dating-Part-3--Smell-and-Taste http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/4/3/The-Senses-in-Dating-Part-2--Hearing I stated in the first installment on the five senses and their role in dating that we come to all knowledge because of the five senses. People who fall in love and marry owe so much to their senses. And we can thank those senses for the life of grace... Theology of the Body Dating Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:35:00 -0700 http://www.6StoneJars.com/index.cfm/2009/4/3/The-Senses-in-Dating-Part-2--Hearing