#NerdsUnite: @ItsMeJoolie 's big dating adventure!!!

Oct 6

Nerds, I need your help. @ItsMeJoolie, my roomie and writer of the series of posts Confessions of an Unwed Bride is in a funk.

A baaaaaadddd funk.

So, as you all know, she and her duderino broke off their engagement last year - but after talking to Julie, she revealed to me that she's never even done the "dating" thing. She was with her guy for almost 8 years, and prior to that another duderino for a few years - the girl hasn't ever dated someone without it turning into a relationship!! Como say WHHAA???!!

Seriously!

So, it's not even that she can't date anyone new (she has yet to go out on a date with someone other than her ex), she doesn't know how.

This is where she needs our help.

I have given Julie a task. She has 30 days to go out on at least 3 dates with duderinos from the site OkCupid. We sat down the other week and helped revamp her profile - all that jazz - so she's set there, but what she needs now is our support and love in kicking her in the butt to get her to respond to dudes and actually arrange a meet up.

This is one thing I learned with my night of being a wing girl with Neil Strauss' students - it wasn't actually about "getting the girl" it was about understanding social dynamics. Julie doesn't know the social dynamics to dating. She has no idea that it's totes awesome sauce to go out on one date and not have to call the guy back. It's DATING!!! Easy peasy. But again, I say this after going out on 103 dates in 9 months. It's easy for me to think this way because I do it - for her, this is a hurdle.

Whattya say we help her break through this nerds??? What do you say Julie?? Are you game?? Are you brave enough to document 3 dates in the next 30 days to better help you understand the social dynamics in dating??