If you want some old-school dating advice, it doesn’t get much older than this . . .
Someone looked back at dating advice from a poet in Ancient Rome named Ovid. And some of it still rings true today. Here are three dating tips from 2,000 years ago that still apply.
1. You have to make an effort. Ovid told men they shouldn’t expect their soulmate to just magically appear. You have to put yourself out there. “[She] will not come floating down to you through the tenuous air. She must be sought.”
2. You probably won’t find them at a bar. He also said you won’t choose the right person if you’re DRUNK.
3. Don’t look like a slob. “Do not let your nails project, and let them be free of dirt. Nor let any hair be in the hollow of your NOSTRILS. [And] let not the breath of your mouth be sour and unpleasing.” In other words, brush your teeth, cut your nails, and pluck those nose hairs.
