Editor’s Note: I’ve been lucky enough to get, Maryanne Comaroto, internationally know relationship expert and radio host, to guest blog once a week for the next ten weeks! What follows is pure dating and relationship gold that’s been mined from the deep and fertile depths of Maryanne’s rich experience. This dating gem begins from where yesterday’s post ended!

The deal with leakers is knowing how to tell them from the likers. Unless you are a leaker junkie, like dating leakers, and have no intention of quitting. For the rest of you, here are a few tips that will help you navigate the dangerous waters of telling the leakers from the likers.

? The first time you meet and/or date a leaker, he/she will make you feel like you are the most special person in the whole world, forgetting where you are, as if you are the only two people in the whole room/train/dance club/world. You might never eat or sleep again, or at least will check your email (VM, whatever) 10 times an hour to see if they called, twittered, pinged you. Like a crack addict waiting for his junk. VS The first time you meet a liker you feel curious, a subtle yet particular interest to know more; you recognize their personal boundary and respect it, feel their reciprocal awareness of you but are not overwhelmed by it. You are left with a warm feeling.

? The leakers leave you feeling insecure. VS The likers leave you feeling good about yourself.

? The leaker’s affection isn’t exclusive to you and you start to wonder what you are doing wrong or what is wrong with you that you can’t keep their attention. VS The liker behaves this particular way in your presence alone, cordial and social to others but qualitatively different.

? The leaker moves fast. VS The liker isn’t in a hurry; they know what they want and will wait.

? Leakers are exciting but get bored and indifferent easily in the dating game. VS Likers are more like a slow burn, not so quick to jump, they ramp up, like the buildup and are into sustainability.

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