Meeting Him
Show up at as many social occasions as you can, you're not going to meet Mr. Right in your bathtub! Birthday and office parties—even funerals (you stand a good chance of meeting at least one unattached person) are terrific hunting grounds.
Crashing bachelor parties, cruising strip joints are ideal ways of meeting unattached and attached (you can deal with that later) men.
Mr. Right may all ready be in your life! Look at the men around you. Think of the intimate bonds you have already forged with your lawyer, accountant and gynecologist.
The First Date
Make sure to tell him what jerks your other boyfriends were. This will make him him feel superior to them.
Be completely honest. Tell him about the time you poured sugar in the gas tank of the boyfriend who dumped you after two dates and tell him how the shock of catching your ex in bed with his assistant landed you in a mental institution.
If you're a single mother, don't tell him about the little one(s) until he's made a commitment.
Flirt with the waiter to show him how attractive you are to the opposite sex.
Order the most expensive thing on the menu, take one bite and claim you are "sooooo full". This will show your complexity. It will reveal that you appreciate good food but care too much about your body to eat it.
Tell him right off the bat you are looking for marriage children and an SUV. There's no sense wasting time, after all the clock is ticking!
Seal the deal by sleeping with him.
Keeping It Going
Once he's in your sight keep him there, get him a pager or cellular phone.
In an email relationship send him jokes and 'tell a friend' pages. That way you will be constantly on his mind. Make sure you email four for every one one of his.
If you are in a long distance relationship you may wish to move to be closer to him. Wait until after the first date though as you don't want to appear desperate.
Be someone else. Study successful thin attached people and become them. Quiz your prospect on what he likes in a woman, then adopt those characteristics.
If he doesn't call it means it doesn't mean he's not interested. It could be that he is very busy, that he forgot your telephone number, that he has been in a terrible traffic accident and has amnesia. He may need little reminders.
Start out with calling and hanging-up. This works as it puts him in the area of the telephone and the ringing sound may jog his memory of you.
Cruise past his house frequently, make friends with his beer drinking buddies, take his aunt in the retirement home to the zoo.
There is a chance that you could end up with Mr. Wrong but don't despair. Keep a close eye on his behaviour during the dating period.
Keep notes and charts and give him updates. When you find an undesirable characteristic it is your job to change him. Whimpering, whining sulking and screaming are all terrific molding methods.
Remember: Let's just be friends means he wants you and wants you bad he just can't deal with his feelings yet.
The Next Step
If you've followed the steps above you are ready to close the deal. Happy Woman do not date men over two years without getting an engagement ring.
You can force his hand by dating others, having children or if all else fails take him off the market. You can do this by spreading a rumour he has an STD, that he's a bigamist or a bankrupt.
If you find that you are still not having any success with The Happy Woman rules you will need to motivate yourself. Slogans like "I am nothing without a man" or "I'm single because I'm fat" will keep you on the right track.