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April 7th, 2010

Why I Want To Punch Jennifer Love Hewitt

Tales from Relationship Land, by Kat Glimmer.

Serial dater Jennifer Love Hewitt, hereto-forth referred to as “J Ho” has just published a book on dating called The Day I Shot Cupid. I had no real expectations about the book prior to it’s arrival at the library, but now that I have had a chance to leaf through it, I’ve decided that J Ho needs a good, swift kick in the mouth.

Let’s discuss some of J Ho’s dating advice:

Spray Tan is a Must Before a First Date. Why? Because men are attracted to orange?

Vajazzle It! Let’s not give Kera any more ideas about what to do with her Who-Ha.

Don’t Get Tipsy to Calm Nerves. Screw you! Some of my best dates have been drunk!

Don’t Take a Diuretic – You Will Pee All Night Long. I’m sorry – when did diuretics become popular with the under 80 crowd?

Don’t Worry if He’s 15 Minutes Late. No way! Punctuality is a sign of respect. Get a watch. Or a cell phone if you can’t tell time!

Vomit Worthy. What HE should say on the first date:

Your Friends Didn’t Do You Justice in the Beauty Department. Why? Did your friends give birth to you?

Full on Bitch Slap Worthy: Hard Core Truths about Men

Men Don’t Love to Spoon or Cuddle. Oh, C’mon! I thought we dropped this one when manscaping came along.

They Should Succeed in Business and Have to Be Supported in Their Dream. Advice given from someone who has obviously never been married.

They Can’t Read Our Minds. Proof that J Ho should have been a rocket scientist and not an actress.

So, as you can see, J Ho and I don’t share much in common as far as our dating advice. But I will give her props for one thing.  Under “What a Man Should Know”, is How To Pick A Great Bottle of Wine. But I’ll slap any of YOU who buy the book just for that reason.

April 4th, 2010

Recommended Reading

Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good
By Resident Librarian: Kat

I recently finished an interesting book about dating called Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough by Lori Gottlieb. The book release was greeted with much fanfare, simply because of the title. Empowered single women everywhere balked at the concept of “settling” and assumed that this was Gottlieb’s message. In truth, Gottlieb isn’t trying to encourage us to settle; she’s trying to encourage us to *think*.

Gottlieb, a single mom in her early 40s, explores in great detail the road blocks she’s set up for herself in her dating life. Her goal is the impose on the younger crowd how they can “avoid” the same mistakes when approaching their dating life. Largely, Gottlieb realizes that her standards for dating are so severe, they often cancel each other out. At one point, when analyzing statistics, she sees that the percentage of available men that fill all of her criteria is an infinitesimal portion of the population. Realizing this, Gottlieb calls on a variety of dating experts to help her analyze her rethink her game plan in the hopes of meeting with some success.

I liked the book for many reasons, but one in particular would be that if Gottlieb is doing dating WRONG, then I think I’ve been doing it right. This is not to say that I’m not picky, but I’m more apt to give someone a chance rather than not (this comes with it’s own set of barriers, but that’s a different blog post for another day). Sure, I’ve crossed out potential suitors based on height, profession, zodiac sign and whether or not they have a picture of their car in their dating profile. But in the end, I’ve given more guys a chance than not, and that’s had it’s own measure of success.

I’m not making judgments; read Gottlieb’s book for yourself and decide!
Available at Amazon.com or your local library