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Dating A Divorcé: Is It Better To Couple Up With A Man Who's Already Been Married?
By Natasha Burton
While unmarried men over the age of, say, 40, aren't looked upon with pity -- as some single women archaically still are -- maybe they should be, suggests a report from WABC in New York on Thursday.
According to the local station, men who've avoided settling down may be less desirable to women than those who have already taken the marital plunge -- then divorced.
I'm typically wary of sweeping generalizations, especially when it comes to telling women what kind of man they should be dating. Though, given how prevalent and accepted divorce is, it makes sense that women today may be less inclined to see a man's previous relationship as cause for concern -- or get turned off by the idea of him having too much "baggage."
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A Date with Destiny
Photography by Daniel Holfeld
Fashion Edited by Constance Harris
Dressing for a date is something of a minefield, especially in the early days. It is one thing if you
know the guy before he asks you out: then, at least, there is an understanding there of social
background, character and class.
But what if you met, as more and more people do these days, through the internet? Or what if it’s a
blind date, or fix-up? What do you wear to the 'first cup of coffee to make sure the person isn’t a
psycho' date? You know first impressions are vital, but you are meeting in a casual place. Do you glam
up, or play it down?
You want to make a great impression so you probably will get your hair done, but do you go vampy
on the nails, or not? Wear make-up, or not? Dress casual, you think, but you don’t look your best in jeans. Would a girlie dress be too dressy?
That first cup of coffee can reduce a competent, top-level managing director to an anxiety-ridden,
insecure teenager. I contacted Lauren Frances, LA-based love coach and author of Dating, Mating
and Manhandling, and an expert on internet dating, for her exclusive advice...
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Our Editor Has a Date With a Dating Coach
By Natasha Burton
...when I got the opportunity to chat with renowned dating coach Lauren Frances (A-listers Kate Walsh and Mark Ruffalo are among her fans), I jumped at the chance for some one-on-one assistance (and perhaps a much-needed pep talk).
I met Lauren at her Beverly Hills-adjacent bungalow, and she led me into her living room, which smelled faintly of Indian curry and incense. With her dark hair swept up halfway and black wrap dress showcasing her curves, she's both elegant and ageless. And wonderfully easy to talk to. After she swiftly brought me a glass of water and curled up in an oversize chair, I switched on my tape reorder, and we began an excited discussion of relationship philosophy.
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The Bird Watcher by Christine Kruttschnitt, Los Angeles
Lauren Frances is a winning Californian who looks like a brunette version of Pamela Anderson and calls herself a Ph. Double D. But behind the title hides itself a counselor, and an authoress who shares the hidden secrets of "mantrapping." She explains why it's a mistake for females to compare their chap's mating behavior to pigs and dogs. Even if the masters of creation give themselves some leeway, birds and men have many more similarities—states the Liebesexpertin, who coaches many Hollywood stars (actress Kate Walsh, rocker Tommy Lee) in modern mating behavior. We love this book and you will too.
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Learning to Love
By Constance Harris
The yearning for love and intimacy never truly goes away. With that desire in mind, Constance Harris put herself in the hands of the US's premier dating guru and suddenly the world seems to be full of nice, interesting and available men.
Lauren Frances is a love coach. She teaches people how to flirt, how to find true love and how to recognise what they need, and want, in a relationship. And also how to achieve it, all without the assistance of self-help phraseology or fluffy spiritual talk. Originally from New Jersey, she now calls Los Angeles home. Gorgeous, compassionate, flirtatious, witty, and above all clear visioned and with clear opinions, she is revolutionising mating in America. Though she can conjure up smartass, jingoistic phrases as well as any of the self-help merchants out there, Frances is much more than that.
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The Love Whisperer Tells By Silvia Fiest
Love coach, columnist and best-selling author Lauren Frances has from early on been living the attitude of the Sex and the City quartette. In a certain way, she embodies the soul of all four characters in the American series: She reveals herself to be a best friend like Carrie, possesses the street smarts with which Samantha exposes uncomfortable truths, is a total professional like Miranda, and is almost as romantic as Charlotte. Since publishing her book in America two years ago, “Dating, Mating, and Manhandling. The Ornithological Guide to Men,” she is a star among experts in paving the way for romantic relationships.
In the first moment of meeting Lauren Frances it appears as though one strayed onto a film set. We meet each other at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles where Greg, her boyfriend's private pilot, is just rolling out a red carpet in front of the Learjet. Enter the 41-year-old love coach with the reputation of a diviner who can sniff out love prospects where others believe they are forever lost in the relationship desert. Among her clients are film stars on the lookout for an off-screen happy ending as well as celebrity couples on the edge of a divorce, whom she helps discover one another anew.
She actually looks made for Hollywood. Is this woman grounded enough to know her way around the world of mere mortals? The answer is yes! And she has an unerring instinct and understanding of people that her client Kate Walsh describes as “incredible intuition.” Including her gift for putting herself in other people's shoes and describing their feelings to a T. Whether in love, in confusion or in pain. Whether famous stars or abused women, whom she regularly councils for free. Lauren Frances lives in Los Angeles and, as a love coach, helps her clients to improve their love lives through seminars and individual sessions on topics ranging from successful flirting techniques to appropriate behavior in a relationship. She has even straightened out many relationships among Hollywood celebrities.
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"She's the Doctor of Love, grilling Hollywood one hunk at a time."
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DATING, MATING, AND MANHANDLING: THE ORNITHOLOGICAL GUIDE TO MEN
By LAUREN FRANCES (Harmony Books)
Men are dogs, or so the saying goes. But in Dating, Mating, and Manhandling, the latest hot-pink cover on the the womens self-help shelf, format Flaunt columnist Lauren Frances raises a good point. While both have a predilection for urinating outdoors and indiscriminate breeding, dogs, unlike men, are loyal for life and easy to train. "Men," she writes, "are more like birds: they startle easily when you make fast moves and often get very close, then suddenly fly away."
With the spunk and wit of Carrie Bradshaw's columns, Frances' rules are for the Sex and the City woman. And though the modern-day approach is racier, the classic dating axiom endures: "You must always wait for him to call you." Hard-to-get is still the game and playing it cool (with confidence) is still the key. Yet unlike The Rules girls who are waiting by the phone, Frances' gals are out on the town, armed with lip gloss and stilettos, flirting and dating (and mating).
With humorous anecdotes from her "hands on" experiences, the book yields some effective and empowering advice for woman both in and out of relationships. She takes the classic rules of courtship and applies them to contemporary conundrums. Women of our generation must know when to let a man's call go straight to voicemail, know how to read (into) a man's e-mail, be wary of cameras in the bedroom (because with the click of a button your little tryst could be broadcast around the world), and steer clear of what she delicately calls "backdoor love." If The Rules gives the kind of advice that you mo doles out, Frances offers what you sagest girlfriends would tell you--after a few mojitos. -Lilbet Snellings
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Frances, a columnist for Flaunt magazine, describes herself as a dating expert with a Ph.Double-D... Using a clever classification system that equates men with birds, she presents several dozen types, from the "Clay Pigeons" who "won't take the hint to buzz off" to the "Baldheaded Eagle" who is "bossy, controlling, and pervy"...This sets the tone for the rest of her first book...on how to get a boyfriend and more brazen guides to dating and sex.
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She's a best friend like Carrie, possesses the street smarts of Samantha when exposing uncomfortable truths, is a total professional like Miranda, and is almost as romantic as Charlotte! She embodies the soul of all four characters and puts the Sex back in the City.
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"She's LA's celebrity love coach."
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Flirt's Up
February 1st, 2007 by Ms. Lisa
You've had your share of Mr. Wrongs. There was Andy I-Can't-Commit. Then, Charlie the Cheater. And let's not forget Wandering-Eyes Wade.
Grab your girlfriends and put your fate in your own hands, because the Flirt Fairy herself is coming to town, just in time for the V-Day season. That's right: Celebrity love coach Lauren Frances–who has pepped up the love lives of Kate Walsh (Grey's Anatomy and Amy Brenneman (Judging Amy), among others–is hosting a "Flirting in the Field" seminar at Ghostbar on February 8, 2007.
With her poignant-yet-hilarious book Dating, Mating and Manhandling hot off the presses, Lauren'll teach you how to date like an international spy. That is, how to size up a man's partnership potential from the first date. (After all, "If he's not the one, he's just holding up traffic," says Lauren.) Also on her man-magnet lesson plan: subliminal seduction, body mirroring and high-octane verbal cues for sure-fire flirting success.
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"She's our Flirt Fairy!"
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(Mating) Call of the wild
By AVA GACSER
Scour the titles in the relationship section of any Borders or Barnes & Noble and you'll come away with one conclusion about dating in the 21st century: It's a jungle out there.
Frances, Ph. Double D (yes, you read correctly), has penned a field guide, "Dating, Mating, and Manhandling: The Ornithological Guide to Men" (Harmony Books, $21), to help women properly identify men based on their behavior . . . and plumage.
Ladies, get your binoculars ready.
Man Fact: A man who isn't trying to impress you isn't very impressed with you.
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"She's the Manwhisperer!"
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"I've followed every piece of advice she's given me.
I suggest you do the same."
Amy Brenneman - Actor, Private Practice
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