I Promise I DO Like Men.

After many comments, texts, fb posts, gchats, and emails about my year of single post, a follow-up was necessary. The girls' responses were so uplifting and I felt like everyone understood where I was coming from. My favorites:

• Amy: I wish they made a restraining order app.
• Camille: I recently went out for happy hour with a girlfriend and out of nowhere, random dude tapped me on the shoulder and said, "I can see by the ring that you're married-but if for some reason you find yourself not...I'll still be at this bar waiting-even 6 months from now." 
• Gabriela: Is it bad that I still pretend to be single to get free drinks sometimes? And that my boyfriend encourages it?
• Katie: i am SERIOUSLY in love with you and SERIOUSLY want you to date my brother (HA!)
• Nichole: This is genius. Followed by, do these dudes know you have this site? 

Why yes, Nicole, they do. And their responses to my post were hilarious. Let's leave them anonymous. ;)

• How did I not make the "highlights?" 
• I feel like you are Kate Hudson from How to Lose a Guy in 10 days...and I'm the story!
• I am very pleased (with myself) that I found all of what you found to be creepy, to be creepy, as well. Hooray for not being a dbag!!
• After reading that I'm not ever texting you again.
• This is scary to potential suitors. Not in a bad way but like if you take out tiny orso then watch the f out for these things.
• The girls' comments are absurd....It's like you have a giant girl party on that blog.

And just so any male readers don't think I am the devil for writing about how crazy they can be, I'm providing you with a list of Dos!

The Shimmer Lights: These will make you shine among the rest.

• DO know what you want. Whether it is to date, hang out, have a relationship, a fling, over even just a textationship, be up front about it. Nobody likes games. But more importantly, being straight forward shows confidence, which takes me to...
• DO have confidence. Remind us why we should be interested in you. Don't down-talk or doubt yourself around us. We girls can be there to boost your confidence, but we shouldn't have to give it to you.
• DO treat everyone with respect. There's nothing worse than a guy who speaks badly about others, or thinks that he is better than anyone else. The moment you start thinking you are better than someone else is the moment I start thinking you're not.
• DO make us laugh. Who doesn't like to have fun? Entertain us, tell us jokes, surprise us with silly things that you think we'll like. Laughter = love.
• DO be a gentleman. Wine us, dine us, charm us, compliment us. Just be sweet. But not too sweet because then we'll gag.
• DO find someone you share at least one hobby with. I like food and working out, and would expect my partner to like the same. DO also have your own hobbies. This helps keep us independent, and you can always share your hobbies with us, if applicable. We can cheer you on in your football game, just don't ask us to get on the field with you.

This is a reaaaaally basic list and I have million more tips I could write, but I need to eat lunch. So I will leave that up to my readers: What essentials do YOU look for in a guy? 

And say hello to some of my favorite men, who DO exhibit positive qualities:

Frankie and Santo, my favorite foodies:

Boding, my old roomie:

Julius, my trainer:

Matt, our typical pose:

TJ, with one of my cookies:

Perry, my perr bear:

Meredith:

William, my (lucky) best friend's husband:

(yes, I have a wig on.)