Hi everyone,
Dating coach Andrea Syrtash’s new book He’s Just Not Your Type (and That’s a Good Thing) hits the bookshelves today. Andrea offers some interesting insight as to why people have “bad luck” in dating, and what they can do to change things.
I was fortunate enough to be able to have a sneak peek at the new book. In it, Andrea describes how women typically go for the guys who we describe as “our type”. But she argues that if it’s not really working for us, why don’t we consider our “non-types” instead? Andrea describes how “types” of men that we overlook due to our own judgment clouding our choices could actually be the things that work best for us in a relationship…the big test is not how many qualifications a guy has on our checklist, but how we feel when we’re around him.
So, in honor of breaking our old dating habits and forming new ones, I’m giving away a free copy of the book to one lucky winner!
To enter, send me an email (kellyjseal@gmail.com), leave a comment here OR send me a tweet describing what type of guy you typically go for. Then let me know if you would date one guy outside of your “type”.
Example: “I usually go for tall guys, but I would go on a date with a man who is shorter than me.”
Example: “I usually go for artistic guys, but I would go on one date with an accountant.”
One lucky winner will be randomly selected, and you’ll get a copy of Andrea’s book to try her advice for your next date with a “non-type”. You can enter to win as many times as you want.
The deadline for entry is Sunday May 2nd.
Cheers, and good luck!
About Kelly Seal
Kelly is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles, CA. She blogs about dating, relationships, personal growth and what "healthy living" means to her. You can follow her on Google+, Twitter @kellyseal or through her website www.kellyseal.com.
My first ex husband was my attempt at going against my type. It didn’t work out but there are a lot of other types out there. The bad boy type (mine) doesn’t work at all. Why can’t they make responsible men with just a little streak of bad boy? A weekend bad boy?
Ha! I like that concept. Even a Sunday bad boy might be a nice little twist.
Looking forward to reading this one!
My type is out of the box – people who genuinely desire to help others. Interestingly they also tend to be friendly, very good looking (not necessarily in the traditional sense but stylish, great communicators, well groomed and dressed), successful, cosmopolitan, and sometimes short!!!
Cathy—ha, nice detail thank you! Usually my do-gooders are less well groomed. And communication is key for sure.
Your welcome. Even in aid work I expected people to be fat, bald, or at least have no outer respect for their appearance (no idea where that came from!)… Then one time I was working overseas and I met my boss who I thought would be all that plus have a local woman as his wife with five children and he turned out to be gorgeous – athletic, most amazing smile, long dark hair, dazzling green eyes and a tad younger than me – woohoo!! Boy was that hard to maintain the professionalism in meetings when I was drooling inside – inspiring person on the inside and out! While I am reminiscing, he even would bring books over for me to read (I lived a very quiet life due to the political instability) – we even discussed Captain Correlli’s Mandolin – now there was a dreamboat! How’s that for commucication and no, he definitely was not gay…
Ha! Yes, I can imagine. It’s hard to work around a gorgeous guy. That sounds interesting—were you in the Peace Corps or something?