Three years ago, I tried speed dating – for a variety of reasons, it’s an experiment I’ll never repeat. I’m still on their emailing list, so I receive regular messages providing tips on how to date. I never read them, as they can be summarized as follows:
- You need to be confident in order to make a good impression in the dating market.
- To develop confidence, you need to acquire experience – which you can only obtain if you have made a good impression in the dating market.
The subject headers of these messages make for fascinating reading, as they contain so many rhetorical questions. Here are some examples:
- What is healthy communication?
- What is your relationship to love?
- Is your self-esteem as high as it should be?
- Is fear holding you back?
- Have you looked ahead at 2009?
- How far did you get in 2008?
- What is trust?
- Is fear of commitment holding you back?
- What did you learn in your 20s?
- Are you ready to fall in love?
- Are you a great conversationalist?
- Is shyness affecting your dating life?
- What’s the point of being single?
- Are you dating the wrong person?
- Are you on the rebound?
- Do you know what makes a great first kiss?
- Isn’t it time you found your mate?
- Do you know the Do’s and Don’ts of New Year’s?
- Are you ready for a relationship?
And my favourite:
- What is your body saying?
I assume the correct answer to the last question is not, “Perhaps eating all of the fried chicken was not an especially good idea.”
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