Week 1

I have always operated on the assumption that men should approach me; I should be able to stand in the corner and have droves of men coming to me. How to Get a Date Worth Keeping challenges this assumption and even encourages women to find single men, start conversations, and be more aggressive. It makes me nervous/worried/insecure to be the approacher not the approachee, but I am learning to be bold.

The first thing I did this week was go to my Church's young adult lunch that is held monthly. I met two men there that I hadn't met before getting my week off to a good start. To count toward my weekly five, a man has to be someone I haven't interacted with before, we have to converse to the point he has enough information about me to ask me out, and he has to have means to ask me out (phone number, know where to find me etc...)

Getting two new men for my tally on Sunday was a boost. It seemed as if getting five would be a snap.

Throughout the week, I tried to be more open, smile more, flirt more, talk more where ever I was. I had a conversation with a man while we were waiting for the elevator. I queried a man about his book on the shuttle. I looked men in the eye and smiled as I passed them in the hall.

Guy number 3 this week was a set up via friends that I saw in Colorado. We met at Starbucks and as we sipped our coffee, I tried to focus on having fun. And guess what? It was fun! Amazing how that works.

Guy number 4 came along at a party on Saturday night. As I was picking up a pretzel from the food table, I looked up and saw the face of the man that I stand next to at the shuttle stop at 7:20 every morning. We struck up a conversation and I know I will see him again at the shuttle stop.

So my first week turned out to be a four man week. The journey has begun.