Men... Free Samples!

Man-a-fest one for yourself, even if you live in New York City.

Yesterday I attended a well-being fair. It was fun, experienced the usual product and service trials, and then for some reason this woman told me I should have a booth. What would I promote/sell?

This was her suggestion:

Men… Free Samples!!

Yes, I would have the most popular booth at the fair with women lining up!

After all, this is New York and the ratio of straight men to women is dwindling quicker, what was it? 1 to 4 last time we checked? (Sorry I didn’t check the census stats on this one cause I’m caught up in my excitement of the business opportunity!)

Well, boy has this brought up many thoughts and conversations. Some went like this: Wow that’s a great idea!! There’s a great demand, just not enough supply! Or good choice supply! Then I remembered a visiting friend suggesting I setup an intuitive matchmaking service. Now how would that work? I know LOTS of great women, and not so many men. Would I go to churches and synagogues? In an effort to meet their moms, of course, cause the eligible bachelors themselves couldn’t make it cause they’d be hung-over or cuddling the morning after with someone their moms would not approve of. Well, there’s one possibility. I could also scour bookstores and friend’s offices.

The main problem is MEETING these eligible men cause I’m sure once I do they’d be totally up to being setup with a potential soulmate, cause after all that’s what young normal single available men living in New York City want!! Every morning they wake up hoping for Princess Charmer, to sweep them off their feet and live happily ever after. Yes, I know all those nights at bars are really to numb the pain of this not yet happening.

Well alas, I’ve found my niche market, and as soon as I meet the supply with the demand, I’m in business! ;)

However until I can manifest this matchmaking service, here are my self-empowering suggestions on how to Man-a-fest one for yourself:

1. Remember how beautiful you are, inside & out. This is part of caring and valuing yourself. You are whole without a man, yet it’s nice to enjoy and share their company.

2. Get out of your house: errands, gym, Starbucks, Barnes & Nobles, meeting friends, anything, but out you go!

3. Keep your options open.

4. Remember it's not that hard. (Really, it can’t be that hard! ;) and it’s supposed to be fun!

5. Remember to En-Joy! That'll make you more attractive and not get you hooked up on One man, unless he has commited to you!! ;)  Enjoy your own company for “you can’t ask others to do for you what you’re not willing to do for yourself” Eleanor Roosevelt.

6. Avoid male-bashing, this does not favor your energy in any way. It just attracts more reasons to continue to do so. Now we don’t want that, do we?

7. Sing to yourself or play it on your ipod really loudly: “So many men, so little time..”  and when tired of that one move on to “It’s raining men!” ;)

8. Avoid getting caught up in the stats. It can happen to you!  Just like I’ve said often just like with publishing books: why write my book if there’s already so many out there? Cause every week there’s a NYTimes Bestseller and it could be yours! Why Not? ;)

In this case, You could be in that NYTimes wedding section next season!! ;)

9. Nurture and appreciate your friendships always. Hey not only will they be there before, during and after you are in couple-land, but they may know someone to introduce you to! ;)

10. Keep a positive outlook and sense of humor.

11. The obvious, yet just in case someone needs a reminder point: Let go of the past! It's a tradeoff.. you can remain imaginarily attached to the past or you can let that go in exchange for a current reality. Yes it's a risk, but worth taking. It's called living. :)

I may add more to this list but that’s all for now. Keep on the lookout for my matchmaking service and if you do feel you know an eligible bachelor, pass him on so I can start my list! ;)