Dating Tales

A great way to compliment a friend is with a thoughtful or comical gift on Valentine’s Day. There’s no reason a Valentine has to be shared between those in love. Spread the goodness among friends and family too, that’s what I say. Here are a few good ideas for you.

Spa Day
Research spas in your area and get your friend a gift certificate for any spa treatment he or she might desire. Visit our friends over at Skin Fitness Facts to purchase.

Make a craft
It’s cheap and it will either be worn or published on your friend’s refrigerator for weeks to come. Try knitting, making a card, or writing a poem. Everyone likes a little cheese. For more great craft ideas visit Stitching the Night Away, a great crafts blog.

Candles and Lotions
Always winners.

Grow a Boyfriend
If, and only if your friend can take it. I’ve probably received three or four of these things in my time. A couple of times it was funny, but once–oh man, it wasn’t that funny. Know your audience.

Best Friend Necklace
Bringin’ it back to middle school. Who wouldn’t be honored?

I don’t know if I’d ever feel complete without chain e-mails.

What does this mean? You ask.

It means that this is the day you should take the time to tell everyone around you something nice. Remind them of something that sets them apart. Including yourself! You deserve it.

In addition to telling them how great they are, e-mail your friends and family the link to the DatingTales compliments soundboard. These are the compliments that just keep coming. No need to save these just for the official Compliments Day. You can listen to them every day.

There are two situations in life where men feel compelled to flirt with women in an overbearing way.

The first and most obvious is the drunk situation. A little bit of false confidence can go a long way when a guy is mustering the courage to talk to a girl.

The second is when a girl needs help moving into or out of her apartment. Men often feel that by moving her dresser, for example, they’ve somehow exhibited super-human strength that she surely cannot resist.

I had the pleasure of enduring both of these situations (at once) the other night while helping out a friend. My friend is moving to a faraway land called San Diego, and so she has decided to sell all her furniture. We were standing in front of her apartment building, with her couch right next to us I might add, waiting for someone off Craigslist to come by when this man comes stumbling around the corner.

Now in normal life, this guy is probably alright. But he was wasted and insisted on helping us load this couch into the soon-to-be-arriving van. After telling him “no thanks” several times we finally just agreed to let him help.

When the van arrived he picked up one end of the couch and then promptly dropped it. Trying a second time, he didn’t drop it but he was teetering this way and that way making me certain this scene was never going to end. But to our relief he pulled through and the couch made it into the van.

My friend finished the transaction with the Craigslist lady and that’s when the drunk Casanova really decided to go for it.

“Hey,” he said with eyes crossed and swaying body. “Can I have a minute of your time?”

“No. Busy,” I replied.

That wasn’t enough for him so he asked for my name. I replied quickly and then walked away, avoiding all eye contact. But he wouldn’t give up. He followed right behind me asking me for a couple minutes to talk.

I was silent.

Finally, my friend finished with the couch and we continued on inside back toward the elevator. We managed to get in the elevator and shut the door on him, but not before he told us what apartment he was in.

1. Come here often?
2. You give great e-mail.
3. You’re an excellent writer. Not everyone knows how to use an em dash.
4. Beautiful picture. With you in it, I barely noticed the Grand Canyon.
5. All my favorite people are Sagittarius.
6. You look hot on paper. I bet you’re even better in person.
7. Love your adjectives. No one uses the word “amiable” like you do.
8. Do you like me? (Pick one) Yes No
9. In the subject line: I’ve met you before. In the email: My dreams.
10. You kinda look like someone famous, but cuter.

For more lines like these visit the DatingTales compliments soundboard. And, if you want help writing your online profile, learn more about the DatingTales profile writing service.