Free The Inspiration

For all my single ladies out there, I have found the book for you!  It’s called Sex and the Single Girl, written by Helen Gurley Brown. She was the Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitian Magazine in the 1960′s. Her book is a cult classic of a book back in 1962 and is about the enjoyment of being not relationship bound and how to eventually catch a man as a single woman. Below is an excerpt from her book in regards to “Man Bait” and what you should do if you are single and around men. Enjoy!

“Let’s assume you’re in one of the places where the men are. You’re sweet and scrubbed, groomed and coiffed, perfumed and palpitating….but when it comes to making an overt move, you have all the aplomb of Molly Cottontail gazing into the eyes of the bloodhound.

There are perfectly good ways of making it easy for a man to talk to you which he’s probably dying to do but is merely shy. (Isn’t it embarrassing? That men are shy too!)  The thing to do is give him something to start a conversation about.

1. “Wear a lapel pin with a message printed on it. One people see writing on you, they won’t rest until they’ve read it. A loaded charm bracelet is a conversation piece. Any unusual jewelry is a come-on, but it should be beautiful or you’ll look too Ubangi. A huge but delicate cameo is a crowd-pleaser. So are garnets like a grape cluster-if you have garnet money.”

2. “Carry a conversational book at all times-Karl Marx’ Das Kapital or Lady Chatterley’s Lover. It’s a perfectly simple way of saying, ‘I’m open to conversation,’ without having to start one. Apparently girls who read poetry are considered very romantic and approachable.”

3.”When you beach, pool, or lakeside it, have the maddest towel you can lay hands on. Play solitaire on your towel. Someone may come over to make it gin.”

4. “Drive a funny car…though not so funny it won’t run!  Paint your car hot orange…or shocking pink. Ride a bicycle to work. Or a Vespa.  Be the only girl who walks while everybody else rides.”

5. “If you must, though I wouldn’t recommend it, you can bump into a the man who is bringing a sherry flip form the bar to his girl.  She will leave while you are mopping him off, and the least you can do is buy him  a get-aquainted drink!”

Ok ladies, I’m going to put my garnet grape cluster pin on, put my cards for solitaire in my pocket,  pick up a copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover and hit the singles bar right now! Wish me luck!