John Campanelli in the Cleveland reviews “Undateable: 311 Things Guys Do That Guarantee They Won’t be Dating or Having Sex” – a self help manual from ELlen Rakieten and Anne Coyle – and draws up a list of the things that men wear or do that make them “undateable”…
Clothing:
# Hawaiian shirts
# Transition sunglasses
# Wearing Speedo’s
# Jorts (denim shorts)
# Novelty belt buckles
# Hideous shoes eg. “Dad shoes” or Crocs
# Tank Tops
Accessories:
# Pinkie Ring
# Fanny packs: “You’re going to end up looking like someone’s grandmother at Disneyland.”
# Vanity license plates: “Girlie and self-important.”
# Cipping your cell phone to your belt
# Owning nunchucks
Hair Styling:
# Comb-overs: “Accept the fact you’re going bald with some grace.”
# Facial hair styling, faux hawks and mullets
Behaviours:
# Steroids: “Juicing? Roiding? Not dating.”
# Playing air guitar: “It is impossible to look cool doing this.”
# Saying “booya!”: “No one in history has ever been taken seriously after using this word.”
# Playing video games.
# Arm-wrestling in public
# Sipping girlie drinks
I can see a lot of ways a mobile video date can help with these issues. Not only could you run through any specific checklists you have but you might also find in a quick video date that there are no hard and fast rules and you might just not know you like something until you actually see it!
After all if the rest of the package is right you might just be able to forgive something as innocent as a tank top…
