I have always thought that men had it way too easy in the DC area. There is a disproportionate number of single, educated, professional women – so much so that it often seems that there is approximately one acceptable single guy per like 100 acceptable single women.
This morning, having a more leisurely morning than usual, I was watching a morning news/entertainment program while getting ready to start the day, and I happened upon the featured story of a dating school for men in Washington, D.C. Seriously, these two guys –neither of whom seem like the hottest of tamales out there—have convinced men to pay them to take 4 week dating seminars at a little under $1,000 a pop OR to take the abridged (no, I’m not making up this title) “How to be Awesome” seminars. The video clip didn’t give a lot of details but apparently they give them little lectures and then take them out to bars and clubs to have them try out the theories and mingle with the singles. Oddly enough the one bar that they featured was the site of the infamous “Never Have I Ever” happy hour, oh about a decade ago when I learned a lot of about some of my then coworkers. Of course they also learned quite a bit about me, insuring that we would all maintain the sacred trust of whatever happens at happy hour, stays at happy hour. But I digress…
This dating school really got me thinking. First of all, could I possibly have dated any of the guys that have taken any of the seminars? That one I quickly answered with a resounding NO. Secondly, is it really that hard out there for single guys? I have a tougher time answering this one. My first instinct is to say that of course it’s not that hard for them. The numbers are definitely on their side, for one thing. For another, even some of the skeevier guys I see somehow manage to snag awesome ladies. But maybe there are all these great guys out there and I just never go to any of the places that they go to? That seems slightly unlikely but not totally impossible.
The third question this school raised is do they have a dating school for women? I think I could teach a “how to survive a really weird date” class or a seminar on “dating S.O.P. to not end up trapped in a guy’s trunk” but I could actually use some lessons in how to successfully date non-crazies. But how would I find such an institution and how would I really know that the people teaching it were remotely qualified. I mean, have they served time in the dating trenches in this area, have they survived innumerable social events where they were the only single person there, have they found a great guy and been able to stay in a relationship with him for some length of time? It’s not like there are certification tests for dating that would objectively measure someone’s qualifications in this skillset.
Could this one day be on the curriculum at major institutions of learning? Could I go back to school and get a minor in Dating? Would I even want to? I feel like I should already have enough credit hours for at least a minor, but the end results of all my study sessions have been decidedly less than successful.
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