COMMUNICATION: How To Flirt, Start Conversations And Keep Them Going? In Depth Guide to Approaching, Flirting and Dating | Page 69

Would Like To Meet
The Dating Game
Being single has never seemed more problematic.
There was once a time when you were seen as one of
the lucky ones, footloose and fancy-free, without the
unpredictable peaks and troughs of a relationship.
Nowadays, it can feel like you've failed as a person
without a steady partner - even worse if you're not out
there, confidently and regularly dating and having
amazing sex every time.
The thing is, being single can still be fun - even if you are no good at
flirtatious body language, at chatting people up or at being scintillating company on a date. Just think about it: in an
arena where people are bound to be taking themselves incredibly seriously, there's comedy to be had all around you.
So, consider how you could make being single fun again.

Smiling through the pain
If you're in a bar on a night out, take a
look around you.
The singles stand out a mile, laughing
slightly too loudly to get themselves
noticed and striving to make their
presence felt to any available matches
around them.
Look at them again. See how
ridiculous and desperate they appear.
Their faces look pretty grotesque, don't
they?
Bask in the glory of knowing you're
not that much of an attention-seeking
idiot.
Laugh, I nearly cried
Welcome people chatting you up as an
opportunity to hear some top drawer
comedy - for free. Chat-up lines are
usually unintentionally hilarious,
especially when you repeat them back
in a really deadpan voice. Then try the line out loudly on someone else nearby. It just gets funnier.

Full speed ahead
Go to a speed dating event. They're laugh a minute: tons of people, in a room, all desperate to talk about themselves at
high velocity in the hope that someone will like them. What could be funnier than the opportunities available here?
Make up a ridiculous comedy persona, say "no" to everything each person says to you or, even more rib-tickling,
actually listen to what they're saying to you.