Today I have a big treat for the many lovely women I know who are single. It’s expert advice – from the writer Andrew Trees in his book ‘Decoding Love’ - about how to attract a partner.
Easy peasy – you have to get within ten feet of the man you fancy and stay put - for at least an hour - because you need to smile broadly at him a minimum of 35 times in those 60 minutes. I’m guessing that if you spot Mr Right paying for petrol or in a supermarket and he wants to move on before the hour is up, well you’ll just have to learn to smile fast. My( not at all expert) advice would be to practice speed smiling in the mirror first to be sure your look is alluring and not loony-chic.
Tip number two from Mr Trees also involves getting within ten feet of the object of your desire, and then dancing alone to music.
I tried this on my husband last night when he was watching Shed TV. I made my own music by singing The Birdy Song, a particular favourite of his, and he responded by asking me if I had wormed the dog.
Sounds like that book needs to be called ‘Destroying Love’.
Hi Fran, so how many broad smiles couild you deliver in a minute? Remember you are not allowed to look maniacal.
Anna May x
Hard to believe, I know, but a woman once tried this technique on me (I was younger, it was a dimly lit environment). Made her look about one missed medication dose away from donning a tin-foilhat and complaining that newsreaders were spying on her through the TV screen. Not good.
Maniacal smiling aside, it’s the dancing alone to music that intrigues me. A gentle bobbing motion while tapping ones foot might, possibly, be acceptable in certain company. But then some lunatic puts ‘Oops upside your head’ on the jukebox and it’s difficult to see how you’ll ever attract anything other than a psychiatric assessment if you do the rowing-boat song all on your ownsome.
Pauline, you and Mike should have a sceptics party! Do your ‘Ooops etc’ floor moves and put your ‘surely it can’t won’t work?’ theory to the test. Make certain the lights are on full though, so he gets a good look.
Anna May x
Ha! My dance floor moves are decidedly geriatric, particularly in full light. If Mike were feeling kind, he wouldn’t call the men in white coats, just Age Concern. I gave the game away by using the word ‘jukebox’ in 2010 and not in a retro way.
But it’s an interesting idea to test the theory in practice. Do you think ITV might commission a new dating show based on the concept? Maybe a cross between Strictly Come Dancing and Take Me Out? Strictly Come Gurning?
Pauline, lol is the perfect reply to your comment. Although I am not sure if I can because you mentioned ‘Take Me Out’ and have reignited my grief that it is currently off the telly……..
Anna May x