Life is fraught with ups and downs, so it's critical to marry someone you can have fun with, today and fifty years from now. Here's how you can find that person:

1. Write down a list of things you like to do. Then do them. I have a theory that if all singles who claim to enjoy long walks on beach actually took long walks on beach, they'd meet, get married, and personal ad industry would collapse.

If you like to read, hang out in a bookstore. If bookstore has a cafe, become a regular there. If you like beer and bands, grab a friend and get to know faces at a neighborhood bar (take a cab; no drinking and driving, please).

Do what you like to do.

Some of methods were pretty good, some were so-so, and some methods sounded desperate and even ridicules. I couldn't help myself but laugh.

To make it even more interesting, some guys even wrote books on how to pick up girls. I didn't buy any of books because I was expecting pretty much same or similar information as information available for free.