How to Meet a Guy in 10 Easy Steps
By Melissa Busse

aaaaahe following fool-proof guide to meeting a dashing (and handy) guy is taken from Melissa Busse's true-life adventure just a few months ago. Think you never have any luck meeting guys? Let her show you just how easy it can be.

aaaaa1. Wake up early and put on your best suit because your CEO is visiting from LA and you have a 2pm meeting with him. (All additional hair and makeup time is implied.)

aaaaa2. Enter your multi-level security-enforced workplace parking garage and drive around looking for a spot. End up choosing one far away against the wall so no one will ding your precious vehicle (a baby SUV) with their door.

aaaaa3. Inadvertently drive over a metal door stop, strategically placed for some unknown reason, not by the actual door, but instead on the left-hand side of your chosen spot, thus puncturing your tire with a 6" hole as you pull in.

aaaaa4. Quickly clock-in at the office so you're not officially late, and return to your car to change the tire. (Naturally, you are a modern, self-sufficient woman who knows how to do these things.)

aaaaa5. Manage to get the spare tire off the rear of the car and the car jacked up, all without getting anything black on your white shirt and stone-colored suit. Yet, be just weak enough that you can't budge the nuts loose from the now-flattened driver's side front tire.

aaaaa6. Smile at the guy who just happens to be driving by in the X-terra. He will promptly stop and ask if you need help. Submerge all feminist desire inside of you that wants to say, "I've been an adult for 10 years, I can handle a tire. Thanks, though!" Instead, give puppy dog eyes and reply, "Yes. I can't get these loose."

aaaaa7. Stand by sheepishly as X-terra Guy takes off his dress shirt and tie, and begins to loosen your tire wearing only his white undershirt, dress slacks, and what appear to be very expensive Italian leather shoes. Secure the flat tire to the rear of the car while he tightens the nuts now on the spare.

aaaaa8. Give profuse verbal thanks as you shake Cute X-terra Guy's very-blackened hands before preparing to return to the office.

aaaaa9. Wait expectantly for this real-life situation to turn into an episode of Friends, or similar television show, in which the cute guy who just rescued you asks for your number, or invites you to meet at the restaurant in your building for lunch sometime.

aaaaa10. Shake your head in a very exasperated manner when you realize, at the end of the day, that said cute guy with the very expensive Italian leather shoes apparently hasn't read the entire script and therefore doesn't know that he was supposed to make a move this morning. Continue shaking head as you are once again reminded that Hollywood, unfortunately in this case, has nothing to do with reality. Either that, or Cute X-terra Guy is already in a very happy and committed relationship. Nah!