Looking in the wrong place for love and relationships?  Here are some dating tips mixed in with some relationship advice. The dating tips are to start a relationship. The relationship advice is to keep it.

Dating Tips: It is more important to like a person then how they look!

• Some dating tips on how love isn’t all about looking good. There is nothing wrong with wanting to look good. It is ok to strive to be as healthy, energetic and attractive as possible. Most relationships start off based on mutual physical attraction. However, looking good doesn’t equal love. How an individual looks does not determine their emotional value to others.
•  Love is internal, appearance is external. Love is about developing and bonding emotionally together. Having things in common and accepting each other’s differences. It is not about having the right hair cut or the newest fashion on. It is about the emotions, caring and enjoyment of being together. It involves exploring new things together and not being afraid to look foolish.
  
• Looks only last for so long. Eventually looks fade or change. People change in appearance. Love is accepting those changes and continuing to value the person. Getting old, becoming grey happens. Bodies change. If developing a scar changes how a person feels about another it was not real love. Love is about caring for the entire person not just how they look.

Relationship Advice: A relationship is about being together because both people want to be.

• Love is about being there for someone needed. Not standing in front of a mirror worrying about being perfect in appearance. It is more about holding them when they are sad. Listening to their problems at 3 am when you have to be at work at 6 am. A true test of love is taking care of someone when they have the flu. It is about valuing being around someone more than being a good looking couple.
• Love is sacrifice and compromise, putting someone else’s needs before your own. Looking good is not more important than what you do. This is about a relationship, full of give and take. Respect and love are not formed from looks alone. People’s personalities have a lot more to do with compatibility then looking good. It does not matter how attractive a person is, if they are not the right one then they are just not the right one.
• Love is being a part of something. Appearance is individual. If all someone has to offer a relationship is how they look then it is not much of a partnership. A partnership is about having a connection that goes past just physical attraction. It is about spending time with each other because it feels right being around one another.  Love is where minds and souls meet and join together.  It is about being attracted to the whole person not just their packaging.
• Love is about wanting to be with someone even on a bad hair day. Perfection does not exist. A relationship may start based on physical attraction but love is much deeper.  Love is built on time and experiences together. Having something to talk about and enjoying it. It is about putting up with the odd quirks people have. People do not spend their time just looking at each other. They do things together. Things they enjoy. Otherwise why spend time together? Love isn’t all about looking good it’s about being good together.