The research and the rules.....

Whew, I have been busy. First- let me share with you my research material:

1. Date Like a Man by Myreah Moore and Jodi Gould

2. Complete Idiot's Guide to Dating 2nd Edition

3. Sex in the City by Lisa Sussman

4. Relationships for Dummies (yep, seriously) by Dr. Kate M. Wachs

5. Finding True Love by Daphne Rose Kingma

6. How to Date Me by Janis Spindel

7. Dating Sucks by Joanne Kimes

8. The Fine Art of Flirting by Joyce Jillson

These people have alot to say about how to meet, fall in love and keep it. For my purpose- I am all about finding it. So lets look at a few universal tips on "how to meet a guy" just about ALL these books offer.

First and foremost- get the hell out of the house. No sitting around eating a pint of ice cream, painting your toe nails, watching movies, drinking wine and petting fluffy. Must get off the couch if you are going to bag prince charming.

Second- talk to strangers, all....the...time. This is an easy one for me and anyone who knows me knows that I have a problem shutting up. I will talk to grandmas, garbage men, homeless people, presidents of companies, strangers in elevators. I could see how this might be a challenge for those who are shy.

Third- go to the gym. No, not to meet guys (although that is a tip of where to meet men). Go because it boosts self esteem AND sex drive. The blood gets a-flowin' and you end up burning a portion (albeit small) of the ice cream and wine you ate whilst watching movies and painting your toes on the couch.

Fourth- smile, smile, smile. Not as though your heart is breaking. I tend to be a pretty smiley lady anyways, but I think one of my future challenges will be to smile at every person that should cross my path on my walk down Capital Hill to the office. It might coincide nicely with the talking to all the strange people.

I think I have all the above points covered. Next up (tomorrow) I will start outlining some of the more outlandish tips I haven't tried before and see what the results yield. I am going to try to do at least one thing a day, i.e. "I'm so hot" affirmations or actually try and ask a guy out (gasp).

Then once I get a few dates on the calendar- I will go over some of the dating tips to see if they woo prince charming. Going to try the whole hair flipping, arm touching, body language mirroring, laugh-at-all-his-jokes tactics that are the building blocks of human attraction.

Ciao lambs.