Three Easy Rules on How to Find a Mate

Or, three dating mistakes women make

Last week’s cartoon asked the question: Would you do this or that if you won the Powerball Lottery?

Now we’re off money, and onto love.

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Today’s cartoon is about being ready. Two of my favorite expressions are: Act as if, and Be ready for. Maybe because they are challenges! Plus, you have to use your imagination.

I was listening to KFI’s relationship talk show host, Dr. Wendy Walsh a couple of weeks ago, and she said there are 3 dating mistakes people make when they are seriously looking for the One.

1. Only looking online for a mate, and ignoring all the opportunities in real life. (If you’re very introverted, stretching yourself to be more friendly in the real world is a challenge, to be sure. But we usually like those who enjoy similar activities, or hang out at the same places.)
2. Another mistake: Only looking in real life, and not trying the online sites!  (She speaks highly of OK Cupid, but Match.com and Tinder are probably better known.)
3. Here’s where it gets weird: I forget the 3rd rule. What if it’s the most important one? What if that’s my worst mistake ever? I looked up her podcasts, but couldn’t find it. What do you think it might be?

So all I have to work with here are numbers 1 and 2, since I have obviously blocked #3. 🙂 I like the idea of meeting online, and have read many success stories, but first I have to get some great photos. (Always an excuse, eh?)

Not sure if I’m ready for that… but at least I have #1: meeting new people in person, to try. Unfortunately, that means I have to be friendly to people, I guess. Smile. SIGH. In a pandemic? When so many wear masks? (Not that I would like those guys, anyway.)

Update: 4 dating mistakes. On Youtube.These are only about sex. See what you think.

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The cartoon

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Donna Barstow

Syndicated cartoonist in the New Yorker, LA Times, Harvard Business Review, Slate, textbooks, papers. Columnist for 10 years in Psychology Today.

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