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The dating series: Hazards of wooing a model!

Last updated on: July 21, 2010 18:49 IST

2. It'll be celery for lunch and soup for dinner!


You know all that talk about 'high metabolism' and 'I can eat anything I want'?

Turns out, not so much.

Sure, it holds true for a few models, but not all of them. Size zero comes from eating roughly about the same amount!

And what kind of girlfriend will you look like if you're stuffing your face with steak while your lean, mean, fighting machine of a boyfriend shows off his disciplined eating habits by digging into a bowl of alfalfa sprouts?

Sigh. It's a fate worse than death -- healthy eating for the rest of your life. Some of us can cope with that kind of devastating pressure, some of us can't. And if you're dreaming at night of a juicy hamburger, you may accidentally sink your teeth into...hmmm? Let's not go there!

On the bright side, he'll be crying tears of joy when you present him with that super sub sandwich on his birthday. And maybe you don't need that stool for the wedding cake -- 'cause you know you won't have one!

3. You better make your peace with a dare-to-bare attitude


Ever had the dream where you're at a party wearing nothing but your underwear while everyone around is impeccably dressed and staring at you?

Let's tweak it a wee bit -- you're impeccably dressed too, but your girlfriend is in nothing but lingerie and the flashbulbs are going off like nobody's business. And oh yeah, it's not a dream -- it's really happening. She's walking the ramp in a two-piece.

It goes with the territory in this business. Your body is on display, after all and if you're a professional, you'll jolly well put on any outfit you're told to -- or someone else will!

So all you insecure, that-skirt-is-too-short types had better forget about dating a model. You can't cover up every lecherous old man's eyes in the audience at a fashion show -- all you can hope for is that the sight of sultry young women in bikinis will give him enough palpitations to get up and leave midway!

4. You gotta party hard!


The fashion fraternity loves a great party. After just about every showing.

Besides the fact that parties are fun, they're also a great way of networking and getting to know other people in the business. So if your hunky boyfriend wants to get noticed by the chief editor of a leading glossy, he just may want to boogey down all night until he catches the ol' bat's eye.

You, in the meantime, will be wishing for your teddy bear PJs by 10 pm, because those reports are due on your boss' desk at 8 am tomorrow morning. Hunky Boyfriend, on the other hand, can sleep till noon and when you wake up all groggy and hung-over from last night and see that he's still far away in La-la-land, you'll have a good mind to give him a swift kick in the -- er -- unmentionables.

And the next night will be a repeat of the same thing all over again. So while your partner is all fresh-faced and rested in spite of the hectic schedule, you'll start looking as wilted as yesterday's salad plate. Which may go down well with him, though, because that's all he probably eats.

5. They're just too darn good-looking


This may sound petty, but stop to think about it -- you're still looking like yesterday's salad plate and in comparison, your gorgeous girlfriend is as fresh-faced as a flower and eliciting admiring and envious looks at the mall.

You know what they're thinking -- 'How'd she wind up with him?'

'He must be loaded.'

'Maybe he's her cousin.'

Argh! Enough already! Before running all the way to the cosmetic surgeon, though, take a deep breath and stop to consider. There must be something, right, (besides the bald patch) that she sees in you? She's taking your hand, smiling, pulling you towards one of the stores -- and slowly, the critical looks, the fact that you're a full foot shorter, the single-sided sandwich lunch, the lack of sleep, the bald patch -- all of it fades into oblivion. Well, maybe not the bald patch so much, but you go with the flow.

To hell with the world, you think -- I'M DATING A MODEL AND YOU'RE NOT!