Building the Dating Tool Kit

Oh boy.

I determined that the first an most obvious step is to get down to some research. I am a outgoing person, hell- I am in PR, so my whole job is talking to people and making friends. So then why am I single you might ask?? Exactly. Maybe I am doing something wrong and need to brush up on the dos and don'ts of luring unassuming attractive men.

First stop? My local Barnes and Noble. Well, not my local B & N. I live on Cap Hill, and in the spirit of remaining slightly anonymous, I headed out to the Northgate B & N.

Now B & N is big- and I felt a little crunchy about asking where there self-help section is. So I roamed and roamed and roamed until I found the sex/relationships section.

SIDE NOTE: Was mighty interesting that the sex section was right next to the bible section. A bit ironic that a book entitled "How to Ride Your Man Like a Cowgirl" was just steps away from the good book.

I was surprised to find such an extensive selection. Dozens and dozens of shelves devoted to find, fix or lose love. I copped a squat in the aisle with my camera, pen and pad to peruse titles. Why Men Love Bitches, How to Love Men who Hate Women, Coping with Divorce. It was a little depressing actually. Based on these titles, I should be running like hell from the possibility of complicating my life with men.

But the experiment must go on! For science.

Finally I came across a few usable titles, Dating for Dummies, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dating, How to Date Like a Man, The Art of Flirting. I hit the jackpot. Apparently there are tons of people, like me, lookin' for love in all the wrong places.

I grabbed The Complete Idiot's and How to Date Like a Man and headed for the check out. $50 bucks later, (- jeesh this might get expensive) I headed out into the sun to outline my strategy.