Dating Archetypes
Character archetypes — from goth girls to gym bros, and the gentlemen worth modeling yourself after. How to attract them, how to be them.
Tony Stark's Approach to a First Impression
Walk in like you already belong there. The rest is details.
What Tony Soprano Would Do on a First Date
Power isn't peace. The dominance is the trap.
What Tyler Durden Would Say About Neediness
The things you own end up owning you. That includes the chat with the girl who hasn't replied in three hours.
Dating Lessons from Tommy Shelby
Don't chase. Don't explain. Do have a plan.
How Ted Lasso Would Handle Dating
Optimism isn't weakness. It's the one move most guys are too scared to run.
What Ron Swanson Would Do on a First Date
Fewer words. Real hobbies. Nothing to prove.
What Patrick Bateman Gets Right About Confidence
Have an opinion on Huey Lewis. Don't murder your coworkers. The line matters more than you'd think.
The Mr. Darcy Playbook
Stop performing. Start having standards. Then, crucially, grow the hell up.
How Michael Corleone Would Handle Dating
He never chased. He chose. The rest is frame control.
Dating Like Maverick
Act first, process later. Leave the flat spin on the tarmac.
What John Wick Would Do on a First Date
Eye contact as conversation. Composure as personality.
Dating Advice from Roy Kent
Show up fully. Say the true thing. Stop explaining yourself.
Dating Like Joey Tribbiani
No game plan, no script, no problem. Joey just shows up.
Dating Lessons from Jim Halpert
No grand gestures. No speech. Just the look, the timing, and the nerve to mean it.
What Jay Gatsby Would Do on a First Date
Grand gestures are fine. Making one woman your entire reason for existing is not.
What James Bond Would Do on a First Date
Strip away the cars and the gun. What's left is the only part you can actually use.
What to Steal from Jack Sparrow
Chaos is a ladder. Confidence is the disguise. Steal both.
What Jack Dawson Would Do on a First Date
No money, no status, no problem. Steal the presence. Leave the freezing ocean.
What Indiana Jones Would Do on a First Date
Good at his job. Curious about everything else. Happy to look stupid for a second.
What Harvey Specter Would Do on a First Date
Closer energy, not closer attitude. The frame is the gift.
What Hank Moody Would Do on a First Date
Charming wreck. Beautiful on TV. Catastrophic by month two.
What Han Solo Would Do on a First Date
Never beg, never chase, never over-explain. The Kessel Run of dating advice.
What Don Draper Would Do on a First Date
Steal the silence. Leave the bourbon-soaked despair at the office.
What to Steal from Bruce Wayne (And What to Leave in the Cave)
The mission, the presence, the suit. Not the trauma spiral.