Mr. Right, Right Now! : How a Smart Woman Can Land Her Dream Man in 6 Weeks

E-Book exclusive extras: "E. Jean's Absolutely Favorite 11 Questions (And Answers!)." PLUS! A gift certificate for one free month at www.greatboyfriends.comDrop chaps in their tracks! E. Jean Carroll, Elle magazine's wildly popular advice columnist, presents the first foolproof man-catching manual for successful women. The best part? This 6-week plan is based on cutting-edge research and tried and tested by real women. So get ready to meet Mr. Right -- RIGHT NOW (or as soon as you download and start reading this e-book)! The Mr. Right, Right Now! Promise: If you start following the principles of the Man Catching Theory right now, 6 weeks from today, you will have the man of your dreams. E. Jean Carroll, the popular advice columnist for Elle magazine, comes to the rescue of bright, high-achieving women everywhere with a foolproof program for finding love. In the first Man-Finding, Catching, and Captivating Manual for successful women, E. Jean provides a 6-week plan for finding the ideal mate. And here's the best part: Mr. Right, Right Now! is not based on self-help horsehockey. Rather, it's founded on Darwinian principles, cutting-edge scientific research on "synchrony," and ten years of hard evidence provided by thousands of letters sent into the Ask E. Jean column. The Man Catching Theory in Mr. Right, Right Now! has been tested and confirmed on E. Jean's wildly successful dating site GreatBoyfriends.com. So, here's the deal, Doll: If you acquire the right attitude (Week 1) and the right look (Week 2), learn to laugh at your fears (Week 3), place yourself where there are hoards of elite and eligible men (Week 4), get out of your own way and let Mother Nature hurl the chaps at your feet (Week 5), E. Jean guarantees you will live happily ever after (or for as long as you can stand it) with the man of your dreams (Week 6). 0060530286 Smart Woman Can Land Her Dream Man 1 Cover 1 Contents 8 Introduction 10 Part One THE MAN CATCHING THEORY IN ACTION 12 3 Simple Reasons the Man Catching Theory Will Work for You in 6 Weeks . . . or Less 14 Reason #1 Honey, You Were to Drive Men Mad 14 Don’t Believe You’re Fitted-Out by Nature to Seduce a Man? 15 P-shaw! 15 Come on, honey . . . 15 And What Are These Natural Attractors That Drive the Poor Buggers Insane? 15 And Whence Did Your Animated Fanny Spring? 16 The History of Your Sex Appeal From the Beginning of the World to the Present Moment 17 Reason #2 Men Decide Pretty Much Everything About You in the First 30 Seconds 20 Reason #3 When You Meet a Man, and You Like Each Other, You Will Synchronize 21 The Snow White Effect 24 The Mr. Right, Right Now! Promise 30 If You Get out of Your Own Way, Landing a Man in the Next 6 Weeks Will Be 30 Part Two THE 6-WEEK PLAN 32 Week One: Lashing Your Brain into Man Catching Condition 34 The Offensive Style 36 The Defensive Style 37 The Man Catching Style 39 How to Like a Man Catcher 40 Let Us Now Pause and Throw a Kiss to the Man 42 Man Catching Law #1 Men Want the Women They Can’t Have. 43 Man Catching Law #2 (Stay with me on this, Doll) If You Don’t Want a Man,Then That Means That Man Can’t Have You, And If That Man Can’t Have You,He Will Sweat Beads of Testosterone the Size of Ping-Pong Balls to Get You. 43 Man Frenzy Detox 45 Week Two: Snow White and the 7-Day Pulchritude Plan 48 He Must Like the Way You Look. 48 Man Catching Law # 3 No Need to Put Yourself Through an Atom-Smashing Beauty Regimen . . . Because to Be Detached Is to Be Unattainable,and to Be Unattainable Makes You “The Ideal.” 49 Do These 8 Things and You’ll Look Better Than You’ve Looked in a Long, Long, Long Time 50 1. 50 2. 51 3. 53 4. 53 5. 54 6. 55 7. 55 8. 56 The 7-Day Pulchritude Plan 57 Day One 57 Day Two 58 Day Three 63 Day Four 66 Day Five 67 Day Six 68 Man Catching Law #4 Delight in Your Own Attractions, and You Will Attract. 70 Week Three: What to Do When the Freaking-Out Thing Kicks In 74 Week Four: The 119 Best Places to Meet the Male Beast 88 The Internet 88 The Glorious Girls’ “I Won’t Suffer Fools Gladly” Guide to On-line Dating 91 #1. Put Up a Peachy Picture 91 #2. Create a Bewitching Screen Name 92 #3. Don’t Write a Profile Tell a Story 92 #4. Spin & Spell 93 #5. If Catherine the Great Could Seduce Voltaire with Her Letters, You Can Drop Men at Your Feet with an E-Mail 94 #6. Keep the First Rendezvous Short & Safe 96 #7. But If You’re SERIOUSLY Enamored, Do NOT Have Sex Until You’ve Flogged His Trembling Carcass into a State of Frenzy Bordering on Insanity 96 #8. However, If You’re Using Internet Dating for a Lusty Romp . . . 97 #9. Internet Dating Is Now Oh-SoCool It’s Hip to Be Seen Doing It 97 Sports 98 Suggestions for the Delectation of This Splendid Category 98 Sports Venues Where Men Always Outnumber Women 99 2. 99 3. 99 4. 99 5. 100 6. 100 7. 100 8. 100 9. 100 10. 100 11. 100 12. 100 Where You’ll Meet Flocks and Flocks of Men 101 14. 101 15. 101 16. 101 17. 101 18. 101 19. 101 20. 101 21. 102 22. 102 23. 102 Off-Beat Sports Events Where You’re Sure to Meet Even More Fellows, but If You’re a Snotty Woman with No Sense of Humor, You Won 104 24. 104 25. 104 26. 104 27. 104 28. 104 29. 104 30. 104 31. 104 32. 104 33. 104 34. 105 Sports Places I Can’t Wedge into the Other Sections 105 35. 105 36. 105 Sports Strategies That Will Bring You Personal Triumph as Well as a Multitude of Admirers 108 37. 108 38. 108 39. 108 40. 109 41. 109 42. 109 43. 109 44. 109 45. 110 46. 110 47. 110 48. 110 49. 110 50. 110 The Street 110 51. 111 Friends 111 52. 111 53. 111 54. 112 Speaking of Which . . . 112 55. 112 Work 112 56. 112 The Gym 113 57. 113 Dogs 113 58. 113 Art 114 59. 114 60. 115 61. 115 62. 115 63. 115 Music 115 64. 115 65. 115 66. 115 67. 116 68. 116 Churches, Synagogues, Professional Organizations, Causes—Especially Animal Rights, Save-the-Jungle/River/Mountain, Political Cam 116 69. 116 70. 117 Drinking, Smoking, Eating 117 71. 117 72. 117 73. 117 Cars 118 74. 118 75. 118 Mano a Mano 119 76. 119 77. 119 78. 119 The Man Trip 119 79. 119 Guys You Already Know and Wish to Turn into Your Own Personal Male Concubines 120 80. 120 Ideas/Places I Didn’t Think of, Though Luckily My Girlfriends Did 120 81. 120 82. 121 83. 121 84. 122 85. 122 86. 122 87. 122 88. 123 89. 123 90. 124 91. 125 92. 125 93. 125 94. 125 95. 126 96. 126 97. 127 98. 127 99. 127 100. 127 101. 128 102. 128 103. 129 104. 129 105. 129 106. 130 107. 131 108. 132 109. 132 110. 133 111. 134 112. 135 113. 135 114. 136 115. 136 The One-Mile Limit 136 116. 137 117. 137 118. 137 Week Five: You See Him ...and You Absolutely Lose Your Brain 140 Man Catching Law #5 Get Out of Your Own Way 142 I. The Shirt Salutation 150 II. Drop Him a Curtsy 151 III. Hem and Haw like Annie Hall 152 IV. The Hair Hi 152 Man Catching Law #6 Torture Your Victim 156 Man Catching Law #7 The Goal of Flirting Is Love. (All right, all right, the goal of flirting is also sex.) 157 Man Catching Law #8 The Essence of Romantic Love (and Sex) Is Uncertainty. 157 Man Catching Law #9 Never Decide He’s “The One.” 160 Man Catching Law #10 Turn the First Encounter into an Event. 163 Week Five 1/2: How to Ask a Man Out 166 Man Catching Law #11 Handing a Man Your Number Is Dumb.Why Don’t You Just Go Down on Your Knees on the Sidewalk and Beg the Bugger to Call You? 166 Man Catching Law #12 Do Not Care If He Calls. 168 Man Catching Law #13 Do Not EXPECT Him to Call. 169 Man Catching Law #14 You Will Lower Your Frustration Level If You Never Expect Men to Do ANYTHING. 169 How to Ask a Man Out 169 Week Five 3/4: Intimidating the Poor Bastards? Good! 174 The Truth 176 Week Six: How to Mop Up the Floor with Men 180 Bedding the Male Beast 181 (A) If You Have Not Clicked 181 (B) If You Have Clicked 181 Man Catching Law #15 A Man Catcher Is Free to Romp in the Begonias Whenever She Pleases. 182 But Beware the Chastity Belt– Bible Belt Bull Hockey 183 The Man Catching Caveat 184 Farewell, Lovely Reader 190 Oop! 192 The 79 Best Ways to LOSE the Male Beast 194 Man Catching Law #16 If You Like a Lad, and He Likes You, Just Keep On Doing . . .What You Do. 202 Thanks! 204 E-Book Extra E. Jean’s Absolutely Favorite 11 Questions (And Answers!) 207 Acknowledgments 234 About the Author 236 By E. Jean Carroll 237 Credits 238 Copyright 239 About the Publisher 240 Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Introduction......Page 10 Part One THE MAN CATCHING THEORY IN ACTION......Page 12 Reason #1 Honey, You Were to Drive Men Mad......Page 14 And What Are These Natural Attractors That Drive the Poor Buggers Insane?......Page 15 And Whence Did Your Animated Fanny Spring?......Page 16 The History of Your Sex Appeal From the Beginning of the World to the Present Moment......Page 17 Reason #2 Men Decide Pretty Much Everything About You in the First 30 Seconds......Page 20 Reason #3 When You Meet a Man, and You Like Each Other, You Will Synchronize......Page 21 The Snow White Effect......Page 24 If You Get out of Your Own Way, Landing a Man in the Next 6 Weeks Will Be......Page 30 Part Two THE 6-WEEK PLAN......Page 32 Week One: Lashing Your Brain into Man Catching Condition......Page 34 The Offensive Style......Page 36 The Defensive Style......Page 37 The Man Catching Style......Page 39 How to Like a Man Catcher......Page 40 Let Us Now Pause and Throw a Kiss to the Man......Page 42 Man Catching Law #2 (Stay with me on this, Doll) If You Don’t Want a Man,Then That Means That Man Can’t Have You, And If That Man Can’t Have You,He Will Sweat Beads of Testosterone the Size of Ping-Pong Balls to Get You.......Page 43 Man Frenzy Detox......Page 45 He Must Like the Way You Look.......Page 48 Man Catching Law # 3 No Need to Put Yourself Through an Atom-Smashing Beauty Regimen . . . Because to Be Detached Is to Be Unattainable,and to Be Unattainable Makes You “The Ideal.”......Page 49 1.......Page 50 2.......Page 51 4.......Page 53 5.......Page 54 7.......Page 55 8.......Page 56 Day One......Page 57 Day Two......Page 58 Day Three......Page 63 Day Four......Page 66 Day Five......Page 67 Day Six......Page 68 Man Catching Law #4 Delight in Your Own Attractions, and You Will Attract.......Page 70 Week Three: What to Do When the Freaking-Out Thing Kicks In......Page 74 The Internet......Page 88 #1. Put Up a Peachy Picture......Page 91 #3. Don’t Write a Profile Tell a Story......Page 92 #4. Spin & Spell......Page 93 #5. If Catherine the Great Could Seduce Voltaire with Her Letters, You Can Drop Men at Your Feet with an E-Mail......Page 94 #7. But If You’re SERIOUSLY Enamored, Do NOT Have Sex Until You’ve Flogged His Trembling Carcass into a State of Frenzy Bordering on Insanity......Page 96 #9. Internet Dating Is Now Oh-SoCool It’s Hip to Be Seen Doing It......Page 97 Suggestions for the Delectation of This Splendid Category......Page 98 4.......Page 99 12.......Page 100 20.......Page 101 23.......Page 102 33.......Page 104 36.......Page 105 39.......Page 108 44.......Page 109 The Street......Page 110 53.......Page 111 56.......Page 112 58.......Page 113 59.......Page 114 66.......Page 115 69.......Page 116 73.......Page 117 75.......Page 118 79.......Page 119 81.......Page 120 83.......Page 121 87.......Page 122 89.......Page 123 90.......Page 124 94.......Page 125 96.......Page 126 100.......Page 127 102.......Page 128 105.......Page 129 106.......Page 130 107.......Page 131 109.......Page 132 110.......Page 133 111.......Page 134 113.......Page 135 The One-Mile Limit......Page 136 118.......Page 137 Week Five: You See Him ...and You Absolutely Lose Your Brain......Page 140 Man Catching Law #5 Get Out of Your Own Way......Page 142 I. The Shirt Salutation......Page 150 II. Drop Him a Curtsy......Page 151 IV. The Hair Hi......Page 152 Man Catching Law #6 Torture Your Victim......Page 156 Man Catching Law #8 The Essence of Romantic Love (and Sex) Is Uncertainty.......Page 157 Man Catching Law #9 Never Decide He’s “The One.”......Page 160 Man Catching Law #10 Turn the First Encounter into an Event.......Page 163 Man Catching Law #11 Handing a Man Your Number Is Dumb.Why Don’t You Just Go Down on Your Knees on the Sidewalk and Beg the Bugger to Call You?......Page 166 Man Catching Law #12 Do Not Care If He Calls.......Page 168 How to Ask a Man Out......Page 169 Week Five 3/4: Intimidating the Poor Bastards? Good!......Page 174 The Truth......Page 176 Week Six: How to Mop Up the Floor with Men......Page 180 (B) If You Have Clicked......Page 181 Man Catching Law #15 A Man Catcher Is Free to Romp in the Begonias Whenever She Pleases.......Page 182 But Beware the Chastity Belt– Bible Belt Bull Hockey......Page 183 The Man Catching Caveat......Page 184 Farewell, Lovely Reader......Page 190 Oop!......Page 192 The 79 Best Ways to LOSE the Male Beast......Page 194 Man Catching Law #16 If You Like a Lad, and He Likes You, Just Keep On Doing . . .What You Do.......Page 202 Thanks!......Page 204 E-Book Extra E. Jean’s Absolutely Favorite 11 Questions (And Answers!)......Page 207 Acknowledgments......Page 234 About the Author......Page 236 By E. Jean Carroll......Page 237 Credits......Page 238 Copyright......Page 239 About the Publisher......Page 240 A popular advice columnist presents an effective, six-week program designed to help high-achieving women find lasting love, based on Darwinian principles, research into synchrony, and experience based on a decade letters sent to the "Ask E. Jean" column in Elle magazine. 75,000 first printing. Mr. Right, Right Now!'s Man catching theory (which works so well, it will one day have hair gels, breath mints, and contraceptives named after it) is rooted in the fact that you are already fitted-out by nature to find and seduce a man. Presents a six-week program designed to help high-achieving women find lasting love, based on Darwinian principles, research into syncrony, and experience based on a decade of letters sent to the "Ask E. Jean" column in Elle magazine