5 Signs Your Standards Are TOO High

Have healthy standards, but not impossible ones.

James, aren’t you the guy who always tells us to raise our standards?

That’s me! Guilty as charged. But, I’m also the guy who reminds you that holding unrealistically high standards for people can easily sabotage your chances at finding love.

Here are some signs that you might be missing the right person while looking for the “perfect” person.

1: You want someone without a past.

It sounds silly when you put it that way, doesn’t it? Obviously we all have a past that has led us to, and shaped us into, the person we are today.

The older that we get, the more of our past that we carry with us.

That means, if you’re dating in your 30’s, 40’s, or above — you’re virtually guaranteed to be meeting people who’ve been divorced, who have children, or who have an established life, career, and home.

While all of these things help us mature and grow up into a further evolved version of ourselves, some people want to start with a clean slate.

This is an uncomfortable truth to accept, but a truth nonetheless. We need to accept that the right person…