Why over-screening everyone is killing your love life 1. You’re treating every date like a potential threat to national security. He’s five minutes late? Threat. She used one emoji too many? Threat. He mentioned his ex in passing? Full body scan. Calm down, Homeland Security. Dating is supposed to be discernment, not a federal investigation. If you walk into every date assuming danger, deception, or disaster, you are not protecting your heart — you are blockading it. 2. You’r