Still Single for the Holidays? Lucky You!
Oh, no! Christmas, Hanukah, and New Year's Eve are coming, and you're still not dating anybody.The specter of enduring gatherings with relatives who harass you because you've failed to hook up trounces your hopes for peace and goodwill. You'll be explaining your sorry self from the first sip of eggnog to your last bite of mincemeat pie.Afterwards, you'll tuck into bed feeling like a colossal loser, remembering how Cousin Patty flashed her newly installed engagement ring (roughly the size of an aircraft carrier) all through dinner. And then, as you console yourself that this was just one night out of your life, that surely you can rise above the pitying looks and comments, it dawns on you that you'll be subjected to them again on New Year's Eve!You find yourself with two choices: (A) Attend a party teeming with self-satisfied couples, hoping to God that some gorgeous single specimen of the opposite sex will infiltrate and rescue you from your glass of warm champagne. (B) Accept Mom and Dad's offer to watch the ball drop on their new big-screen TV and endure entreaties to ?hurry up and get married already' between appearances by B-list celebrities. So, what will you do? The temptation to call it quits this year, stay home, and slump through re-runs of Sex and the City with a bottle of wine is staggering.
Don't do it. This holiday season can be your best yet if you approach it with the right mindset. Here are five tips to help facilitate a new perspective:Know the truth: Those self-satisfied married people aren't so satisfied. Hey, most of them are downright miserable. Don't believe me? Look around.
Go into any family restaurant on a Friday evening, and check out all the couples that don't make eye contact. Observe the husbands and wives who speak to the children but not to each other. Go to the mall on a Sunday afternoon and watch the Christmas shoppers. A far cry from what you see in the diamond ads, eh? Be happy that you are not stuck in a dull marriage! Decide that if and when you marry, you'll do it for the right reasons, not because you hit a certain age, your parents were nagging you, you want children, or you want to make your friends feel bad because you bought or received a bigger diamond than they did. Come up with a snappy answer.
When some moron eyes you over the Christmas turkey and asks, "Aren't you ever going to get married?" Just respond, "Why do you ask?" If the inquisitor persists, smile enigmatically and say, "I'm too young to get married." Say this even if you're fifty. If your mother starts piling on the guilt about giving her grandchildren, tell her you hate kids. Suggest that she sponsor an unfortunate child for twenty dollars a month through a worthy charitable organization. Never allow yourself to be drawn into conversations about what it is you do to repel the opposite sex.Walk into every party like a winner. Sit down at every dinner table as if you're the guest of honor.
Be quietly confident. Smile. Walk tall. Sit up straight. Feel good about yourself.
Adorn yourself in clothes that flatter you (women, the poncho may be the rage, but if it makes you look like a sack of onions, put it down; men, avoid wearing baseball caps at all costs). Do not walk into a party hoping that someone will notice you. Walk into a party expecting to be noticed.Be proactive. Instead of waiting around for invitations, host a party of your very own. Give the event a sheen by preparing a trendy drink.
Make an investment and pour it into appropriate glasses. For an elegant effect, start the night by playing Mozart or jazz renditions of holiday classics. Keep the party lively later on by spinning Moby or the latest U2. Be the star you are and dress up. (If you want something more casual, Super Bowl parties are a blast, even for those of us who don't understand football.) Invite singles and couples from work, church, wherever.
The more the merrier, so tell guests to bring a friend. Be sure to ask a married couple or two to prevent the vibe of a singles' mixer, but avoid inviting couples that stand around talking about their children all night.Understand that being single is a good thing. Look, you're not tied down to anybody. Your life is full of possibilities. Every day is an adventure.
You can travel as you like, buy clothes as you like, date as you like. Married people can't. Decide not to give up your freedom until someone truly worthy comes along. This is powerful. When you sit around waiting for the right person to show up, nobody will.
But once you decide to enjoy your life, often somebody wonderful and worthy will appear?and much sooner than you expect..
Stolen Segway Recovered by New Jersey Police
A would-be thief was nabbed before he could get away with a Segway i Series model rented from Segway of Oakland on a stolen credit card.The alleged thief was caught thanks to the work of the Teaneck, N.J. Police Department, Steve Steinberg of Segway of Oakland and the powerful Internet search engine, Google."We had a Segway stolen just before Christmas," explained Steinberg, co-owner of Segway of Oakland. "We took a reservation for a weekly Segway rental to New Jersey. The person identified himself as living in Las Vegas, but he said he was going to be in New Jersey with his kids at Christmas."Steinberg said the individual supplied a local fax number - in addition to credit card number - where the rental agreement would be faxed."We called on Dec. 21 to verify shipment and the person said it got there fine, in great shape, and he was already riding it and his kids loved it," Steinberg added.
"Two days before the end of the rental period I phoned him to arrange the scheduled pickup...
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Santa Gets Personal
Children and parents are getting a new and improved Santa
this year,
SantaSpeaking.com was launched this week on the cusp of the holiday season promoting personalized Santa Claus experiences.
With the busy holidays up ahead, Santa speaking.com is ready to make new and improved Christmas memories for children.
Parents will be happy to learn that they can now get a more realistic Santa experience and do so in their own homes ? no more long lines at the mall waiting for Santa.SantaSpeaking.com offers live personalized phone calls from professionally trained Santa actors and, as a keepsake, the recording of the conversation is available on CD.
SantaSpeaking.com is an entertainment based website complete with a reindeer cam, and activities such as ?Design Santa's New Sleigh', ?Dress an Elf', and kids (and adults) can even check their Naughty or Nice daily rating.The personalized phone calls from Santa answer an unfulfilled need many parents say.
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Ten Great Holiday Dates For Singles
Ten great holiday dates for singlesDating during the holiday season can be a special treat. Of course, in order to fully experience this you may need to re-order some priorities and make time for yourself and your own personal needs. Don't give into the temptation to put your social life on hold until after the New Year. Manage those work projects and family demands in a way that leaves you open to try some of the romantic and fun-filled activities that are available at this time of year.The following 10 date ideas should help put you in the mood and may even inspire you to come up with a few on your own.1.Have a "progressive" dinner together. Go to one place for your appetizer, another (romantic and intimate) place for your dinner; and then have dessert and coffee (nightcap), in a quiet spot with a beautiful view of holiday lights or other holiday views.
Even better, go by limo, so you have all your time to focus on each other and don't have to worry about all the driving.2....
Ten Great Holiday Dates For Singles
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Over 100 Cold Air & Helium Balloons Including Giant Santa and 35' Snowman to Appear in Phoenix
Just when you thought you've seen everything magical that Christmas has to offer, along comes the Arizona Balloon Company to prove you wrong!
This 20 year old manufacturer of helium and cold air advertising balloons is presenting a gala Christmas exhibit of parade-size inflatable Christmas characters including one special angel that has never been seen before in public. This two day drive-by event
is being held on December 23rd and 24th, 2004,
from 3 PM ? 10 PM, at the corner of 43rd Ave and Paradise Lane (just south of Bell road) in Phoenix. According to Arizona Balloon President Johnny Mulder "We have such an amazing assortment of oversized Christmas characters including a dancing Santa, dancing snowmen and helium-filled Christmas ornaments that our friends and neighbors in the community rarely get to see. I thought that it would be nice if...
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Finding Profitable Products For Your Online Business
Emerging entrepreneurs from around the globe would like to try their hand on online marketing.
Where to start and what to sell are the first stumbling blocks for these aspiring entrepreneurs.
Fortunately, entrepreneurs can overcome this state of inertia given the right guidance. This article aims to guide and stimulate your creativity on how to generate ones online product.To cash in from the marketing advantages of the Internet you must first provide a product.
There is an exsisting theory in marketing on on existing pattern people buy products.Significantly, product must be something that people want not what they need.
If you offer only what people need you may not get a strong demand for your product.
It is a fact that people buy based on emotions.
People have to justify their decisions to buy after making a purchase from an emotional standpoint.
To put it another way, people will always make a decision based on emotion...
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