I think I got my first crush when I was about 5.

He was a friend of my dad’s and his last name translated into something like “come down from the heavens”. Nothing could have been closer to the truth: he had impossible eyelashes, the noble, saving-lives-on-a-day-to-day-basis kind of job, and a smile that could melt any heart.

In all, I’m surprised that it took me 5 years to fall in love with him. 🙂

In high school, half the guys on my street were into modelling, and thanks to them and some silly celebrity crushes I’ll be sure to talk about at some point, I’ve more or less managed to bask in a perpetual state of “being in love” ever since.

I have, of course, known true love, break-ups, and heartache, for more times than I’d like to admit perhaps.

But all that hitting against the wall has actually brought me in a good place, one where I know myself and others.

I’ve also read the best books in the industry – and by “best” I mean the ones that actually land you a relationship, not an ideal version of yourself that you can go on adoring but nobody else knows or cares about.

That doesn’t qualify me as an expert and I don’t even want you to look at me that way.

Let’s pretend I’m an older cousin who has some real life advice to give to you. Like “Don’t yell at your man when he’s tired or hungry”. Or “Don’t yell at him period!”.

(Unless you’ve just discovered he’s been cheating on you with your best friend. In that case, some major yelling and minor thrashing is in order.

But other than that, understand that men are lazy creatures who want to be able to enjoy the comfort of their homes after a long day’s work.

Well, what do you know? I guess women and men might have that in common after all.)

Yes, I want you to subscribe to my newsletter because I want to sell my book. (And it’s not even a real newsletter but the mini version of one.)

Yes, I’m including this as bait. And what’s more, I’ll probably keep on writing whether you decide to subscribe to my content or not, because writing is one of my most basic needs, just like eating and drinking water.

But that isn’t to say I have nothing here that might interest you. Quite the contrary. I think I have loads of silly, positive, heartbreaking stuff that you might enjoy.

I’m giving you relationship tips because:

1. If you like love stories you’re probably a woman (or a woman at heart).
2. If you’re a woman you want to be happy.
3. If you want to be happy you need someone else. You can be calm, serene even, on your own, and truly very accomplished, but if you’ve been waiting for that little spark to turn your heart & life alight, then you want someone other than yourself too probably.
4. That somebody ain’t going to stick around unless you treat them good.

The seduction & relationship advice part of my newsletter has a singular wording but not a singular source – I consider myself both the recipient and sharer of female wisdom across the ages.

Why “recipient”, you ask?

Because I wanted to be loved more than I wanted to be right.

And that’s your second advice right there.

A separate post on the books and sites I follow will be coming soon.

Pass this on if you think it’s worth someone else’s time!