In her bestselling book “Mr. Right, Right Now, How a Smart Woman
Can Land Her Dream Man in 6 Weeks,” author E. Jean Carroll lists
119 great places to meet eligible men. Her list includes #9
Mountain Bike Trails, #28 NASCAR races, #41 yacht clubs, #64
guitar class, #85 Home Depot, #95 cooking class and #115
weddings. Her Number One #1 way to meet men is online dating
sites. She says that online dating is now cool, something that
smart couples brag about to their friends, and is the most
effective way to meet your future husband.
In the book Jean provides a set of sensible rules for online
dating.
Her Rule #1 of online dating is, “Put Up a Peachy Picture.” She
advises ‘hiring a professional makeup artist and spend an
afternoon having a friend take pictures of you.’ This is
excellent advice, if you and your skilled photographer friend
have the time. If not, the next best thing is to have your
non-professional photo subtly enhanced so that it looks
professional.
Jean’s Rule #2 is “Create a Bewitching Screen Name.” Unless you
are looking for “sex sixty or seventy times a day with dozens of
strapping young rakes,” she advises against screen names like
Miss Behavin, Boobalicious or The Naughty Professor. For the
ordinary woman, she recommends references to poetic or literary
characters like “Lady-Chat-Early” and “HalleBerryTwin.”
Rule #3 of online dating is to spin a story for your profile.
Instead of merely describing yourself, write a few sentences
about something that happened to you and how you responded to
it. A real-life example from the book: “I love behind the scenes
of movies. I walked onto the set of Julia Roberts’ new movie and
the director walked over and thanked me ‘for smiling at (him) so
dimly.’ Made my week!” A guy reading this figures out that you
are eye-catching, spontaneous, bright and witty, without your
having said any of those words.
Let’s return to Rule #1, the one that Jean says is the most
important, “Put Up a Peachy Picture.” According to the book, “It
takes less than 2 seconds for a man to suck in every detail of
your hair, your clothes, your shape, your style, your status,
your walk. Men absolutely lose their brains over novelty and
beauty. ‘The [first] impression is anchored,’ says Dr. Frank
Bernieri, the Harvard Ph.D. world’s leading authority on the
subject. When a guy sees an attractive woman, he wants to find
her interesting. He wants to discover she’s intelligent.” Guys
can’t help themselves when they see an attractive woman, or an
attractive photo of a woman. In fact, later when they meet her
in person they don’t even care if she doesn’t look exactly like
her photo. They were hooked by the first impression, and they
stay hooked.
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