
Dear Fly Guy,
A friend recently shared your column with me, and I instantly fell in love with it. Your advice is funny, on point, and you don’t come off too preachy. I just wanted to ask you about a response you gave to one of your readers in Volume 14. You said you didn’t like the fact that people often embrace being regular. I agree with you, but when I try to make it known that I am exceptional, men seemed to be scared away by my success. It makes me believe that there is a double standard, where men can brag about their accomplishments, but women are supposed to just smile, be pretty, and wait for some man to take care of them. If that’s what has become of the dating world, then I want no part of it. What is your take on this? Am I making sense, or do I just come across as angry like every other professional woman that deals with this. By the way, I ran across your profile on Myspace, and you really are a hottie! If your advice doesn’t help me find someone, then maybe I could date you. I’m a driven, college-educated professional that’s currently doing big things. So what do you say? If not, it was worth a shot.
Gabby
Dear Gabby
Thanks for the compliment. You really caught me off guard with the date offer though. I must say I haven’t been left that speechless since the time I ate lunch on the set of “The Parkers” (well actually I didn’t get a chance to eat…I just watched…we all did.) And while I appreciate your attitude when it comes to being exceptional, you may have taken it too far. While I do discourage any and everyone from waving the regular person banner, I also frown upon those who use boasting as their preferred method of winning people over. Ultimately it comes across as unattractive, forced, and tacky…which sounds an awful lot like the recently reported New Kids on the Block Reunion tour. You don’t have to broadcast your accomplishments. They shouldn’t represent who you are anyway. Instead you should allow them to accessorize the already wonderful person that you are. Men will respect that a whole lot more. I hope that helps.
The Fly Guy

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