Tip #10: Dressing to Date

Here's the deal. Do you want to date an ugly person?

Do you want to date someone who doesn't care about what he or she looks like?

Um. I doubt that you do.

While it's true that we should all want people who value our insides more than our outsides, and while it's true that we should all be people who value insides more than outsides, the hard truth is that the external side of people matters. It does.

My personal rule: if you can't kiss it, don't date it. They say not to judge a book by its cover, and you shouldn't, generally speaking. But in dating, especially if you're dating for marriage, it's probably smarter to sort all the books by their covers and then start reading the insides of the books whose covers you can stand. :o)

So, where does that leave us?

That leaves us with the responsibility of looking as good as we possibly can.

There are a few things we all can do to make ourselves look better. Showering regularly and keeping up with personal hygiene is a given. Avoiding all shirts with horizontal stripes is also a good idea. For women, wearing a little makeup is smart, as is doing your hair. For men, I don't think going totally metro is the way to go, necessarily, because a lot of girls may think you're gay. However, you can invest in some nice darkwash jeans and some casual button-up collared shirts. Those look good on basically everyone.

How you look shouldn't matter, but it does. If you're not dating as much as you'd like, the sad truth is that it may have something to do with how you are treating and dressing your body. A good way to up your chances with dating is to take better care of how you look. Amen.