Recap: Dating Boot Camp & The Man Panel: Part 2

By Tom Miller posted Jun 23rd 2009 6:00PM

The last 2 dating boot camps with Matt Titus and Tamsen Fadal were pretty much excellent.

Being 100% objective, I would say that the dating boot camp hosted by Matt Titus and Tamsen Fadal was the greatest thing that ever happened to Earth (and the second greatest thing to ever happen to women… hi-ooooooo). Most hyperbole aside, the events went off quite well and left oodles of women pleased as punch (or as informed as Athena*). Read: Recap: Dating Boot Camp & The Man Panel: Part 1

The next two weeks were fairly similar, Matt and Tamsen present specific themes and leave the Q & A to the Man Panel (a panel of honest, handsome, wholesome men).

Week three was centered around the chase and getting the guy. Not as easy as it may sound. Evidently, a good man is hard to find (Flannery O'Connor). But Matt and Tamsen's central theme is keep your head up, legs closed and eyes open (that middle one was from Tupac). There are cool dudes all over the place. You may work with one (or two) of them, you may belong to the same gymnasium as one (or two) of them and you may bump into one (or two) of them while you're going about your daily routine. Men are, per the course material, on the prowl constantly. Think like a man (in this regard) and the universe will react accordingly. It sounds a little like The Secret but single women outnumber single men (in New York City, at any rate), so it's the worm for the early bird.

The fellowship changed slightly this week. This time around Thrillist.com was represented by Hayden Lynch, Max Gross and his book From Schlub To Stud was live and direct, Ron Geraci author of The Bachelor Chronicles was there to tear it up, so was male model and ladies man Chance von Spiessbach and they felt obligated to invite me. The question (and answer) of the event was where to find good men. The Thrillist guy said Thrillist could point you in the right direction, the Jewish guy said Synagogue, one of the guys with a book said a book store, the Irish guy (Tom Miller) said a bar and handsome Chance suggested dropping fruit at the grocery store. I suppose you fish where the fish are. New interweb friend LostPlum actually gave the fruit falling technique a run.