The Best Dating Advice I've Ever Gotten

“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.”

- Oscar Wilde


Now, I could never, ever take credit for the brilliance I am about to disseminate to you. My cousin Kerin, now age 29 and happily married for the last 2 years to an AMAZING guy, offered this to me months ago when I had a particularly rough falling out with a guy I was very much into. I hope we can all learn to take Kerin's advice... it's pretty ground breaking.


It goes like this: in the world of dating, everyone falls into a bracket. The top bracket is like . . . supermodels, and then then we all fall into a subsequent bracket after that. Now: beyond looks, things like musical talent, or being funny, or being smart, etc., can move you up a bracket. That's why models always date ugly musicians, b/c the musical talent moves them up into their bracket. (Likewise, even if you're in a high bracket, if you're say . . . an *sshole . . . you get bumped down a bracket).

The rule is: NEVER date outside your bracket, or you set yourself up for heartbreak. And, I can tell from the pictures I'm seeing on facebook, that this boy from the beginning of the semester was a bracket below you. (Clearly!) You might think that while it makes sense that dating someone in the bracket above you sets you up for heartache (the hottest guys are generally not-so-nice), the bracket underneath you is safe territory. But you're wrong!!! The bracket under you is the worst one of all, because those boys will get a major self esteem boost from dating you . . . AND a major self esteem boost from breaking up with you. (Because if you can DUMP a person in the bracket above you, you feel like you're better than them, thereby boosting your bracket standings.)

Anyway: Long story short: Always date someone as hot as you are. And: this guy's new girlfriend clearly IS in his bracket (though her personality may put her one below him, which means he will eventually get his heart broken horribly), so they deserve each other.

Hope you enjoyed Kerin's wise words! Go build your bracket!

love,
Jane