Hmmm

Last night I listened to the most awesome speaker since Kip and Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite came to Miami University. His name is David Coleman and he is the REAL Dating Doctor. If any of you have seen the movie Hitch, it is based off of him. Some stuff in the movie even happened in real life or were versions of what happened! It's pretty cool.

So not that I'm totally depressed because I won't have a valentine for that speacial holiday coming up on February 14th, but I decided to go and check it out for the heck of it. And by george it was amazing! The Dating Doctor talked for about an hour and half about how men and women think differently, about healthy relationships, non-healthy relationships, breakups, and even pick up lines! Hhe knows over 1,000 pick up lines and challenged students in the auidence to tell ones he might not know. He must have been challenged at least twenty times and only one person beat him. That's pretty impressive.

Example Pick up line:
You must be a magician because when you're in a room you make everyone else disappear.
(This one got many "awws" from the females).

One of the worst pick up lines I've ever heard:
Nice belly button. I'll store my gum in it on the way down.
(UGH! I am appalled and disgusted!)

So since you all didn't get to hear the wonderful knowledge I heard, I'll share the information...

According to the Dating Doctor:

Everyday you look around at other people, whether you're dating someone or not and think "hmmm." So if I'm looking at other people thinking "hmmm" you know what that means...I'M somebody's "hmmm!" Now if that isn't a confidence booster I don't know what is.

Be a fat penguin! Now, of course we were joking about this before he explained, but it actually makes sense. Fat penguins break the ice! So be a fat penguin!

Men become aroused through their eyes. Women become aroused through their ears and touch.

The person who loves, cares, or tries the LEAST has the MOST control! (That one totally sucks, but is true...)

It's better to have five minutes of something great than to live a lifetime of nothing special.

Five characteristics of a healthy relationship:
1. trust
2. respect
3. intimacy (not physical-eye contact, humor, faith, romantic gestures)
4. passion (physical)
5. commitment

Five stages of a relationship:
1. infatuation (gotta love this stage)
2. discovery
3. reality
4. decision ("Is it going somewhere?")
5. commitment

Five stages of a breakup:
1. shock
2. anger (towards them and yourself)
3. denial
4. bargaining ("I'll do anything if you take me back!")
5. doubt ("No one will ever want me")
6. acceptance (three cheers for this stage!)

Never stay in a relationship because of obligation! NEVER!

Success begins by having the courage to fail.

Well, I think I've rambled on enough. Half of you 2.5 people who read this probably skipped all that. It's alright. I enjoyed sharing the information anyway.

Peace out!

Katherine

P.S. Someone saw you today and thought, "hmmm!" :)