The Best Dating Advice

In the culinary arts, they say that the first bite is with the eye. Basically, the presentation of the food is believed to be as important as the taste. Because, if it doesn’t look good, our brains will tell us that it’s not likely to taste good either.

Madison Avenue would like us to believe that this same logic holds true when it comes to dating and relationships. After all, it serves their best interest. It helps them sell us more products as we try to achieve this ideal we are told we need to meet.

The flaw in their logic is that food cannot tell you about thier latest experience travelling along the Mayan Riviera, meeting Puff Daddy at a photo shoot or the spotting that Baby Phat sale on a side street boutique.

You see, good looks in and of themselves are merely a moment frozen in time; a portrait of a promise – a promise of a stellar personality. This is why athletic GQ guys and actresses grace the covers of our magazines. We are left to fill in that empty promise with our imagination and longings; deciphering what these celebrated humans must be like in person.

Despite the mass media messages bombarding our brains every day, the truth is, physical attributes are only half the equation when it comes to attraction. A vibrant, outgoing nature, graceful movements or an intriguing approach to life all factor in to the overall picture. This composite of features and personality is what we refer to as beauty

So long as you shower regularly and are well groomed, all you really need is a sense of style, inline with the type of person with whom you want to connect. Attention to character and charisma, combined with a little knowledge about what styles and fabrics suit your body-type and/or what makeup looks good on you is more important when it comes to being attractive to the opposite (or in some case the same) sex.

First impressions are important. You still want to look good, but having good looks isn’t really that necessary; as it’s peronality that will “seal the deal” when it comes to being attractive in the long term.