I saw this on Flickr and just had to post. Who hasn’t been forced to wear a dumb dress?
Ever notice how some people are able to attract the opposite sex with just a single bat of the eye while the rest of us go months without even making eye contact with a stranger? Hardly seems fair. Well, according to my friend’s at Nerds Do It Better, there are 37 Simple Things You Can Do to Be More Attractive to the Opposite Sex. Let’s all try at least one a day this week and see what happens. Be sure to report back.
We should all be picky and not settle for someone that doesn’t make us happy. No argument there. But for some of you out there (you know who you are) your need to be sooooooo picky might be hurting you more than it’s helping you. Don’t miss out on any opportunities because you are too caught up on little details that won’t matter in the whole scheme of things.
Not sure if you are too picky? Here are seven signs that say you might be.
Sign #1: You have a height requirement. If he is only a half an inch too short, you still won’t go out with him.
Sign #2: Your last boyfriend drove a Honda and it’s too painful to get in another one again—too bad 40% of men in your area drive one.
Sign #3: You come to the first date equipped with a list of ten questions. If he doesn’t answer all ten
questions right, you refuse a second date.
Sign #4: One of the questions on your list is whether or not he butters his popcorn, which you expect him to answer “no.”
Sign #5: Before meeting you ask him to pronounce and spell his last name so that you can practice saying your first name along with it. If you don’t like the ring of it, you call him to cancel.
Sign #6: Your dream guy is exactly two years and eight months older than you.
Sign #7: If he doesn’t open your car door, pull out your chair at dinner, or run circles around you to open every other door, he’s completely out of the question.
| PROS | CONS |
| It’s a good conversation starter | It’s gross |
| Great money | His co-workers might be disturbed |
| Job security | It’s gross |
| Incredibly sensitive in sad situations | People question what you see in him |
| Wears sexy suits | Odd hours |
| He knows about all the sales on make-up and hair product |
Smells funny |
| Always knows what to say to make you feel better | He spends a lot of time hugging needy women |
It was a sad, sad morning for a friend of mine today. After what started off as a great night out at a local discotheque followed by a couple of drinks and a healthy serving of the only nachos worth eating after 12:30 am at a nearby dive bar, the night took a nosedive into Crapville when her most recent ex walked through the door.
It’s a little blurry (thanks to two dirty martinis and several Bud Lights) what happened next, but I’m pretty sure it involved another girl, fake smiles, and lots of tears. This morning I went to her place to cheer her up with bagels and a bloody mary and then also to piece the night back together again. I’m a lot like Humpty Dumpty, my friends say.
If the scene at the bar wasn’t enough, I guess after the cab dropped her off at home the sleeze ball felt the need to text message her half a dozen times with one sleezier message after the next. He wanted to come over and when she turned him down he got mean.
I felt (and feel) so bad for my friend. We’ve all been there and there’s no solace for a mending heart that is forced to deal with the cause of its injury with a blood alcohol content of .10.
After we finished our morning beverages I did manage to get my trooper of a friend smiling again, but the real magic happened when I started shopping online. While she was on the phone relaying the whole episode to another one of our friends, I visited eBags to look for the best “I’m hot and happy to be single” handbag I could find. And of course, I found something like eight of them.
After she hung up the phone I reminded her that there is free shipping on handbags at eBags.com and then left her to her devices. She just called a couple of minutes ago thanking me for wiping tears and agreeing to hate the monster for all my live long days, and also for recommending a new handbag. Her favorite “I Spy” should be arriving sometime next week.
So far all of you out there nursing your hangovers and heartaches, try a new handbag. You’ll be put all back together again, I promise.
