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\u201cI\u2019m a real morning person. It\u2019s my favorite time to spend with Sel, because we both wake up really early. It\u2019s like our moment before the rest of the world wakes up,\u201d he says. \u201cI have a true best friend that I get to do everything in the world with, and every day is the best day of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
1. Learn How to Cook<\/p>\n
Even if you\u2019re terrible at cooking, [your partner will] like it because you did it. Ask your partner what they want to eat. Don\u2019t try to cook them what you want to eat. If you don\u2019t know how to cook it \u2014 learn it.<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t know how to learn it, get it from Postmates and put it on a plate and pretend you cooked it. No, lying is bad! We never lie. Especially if you\u2019re a guy, we\u2019re disgusting. No one should even look at us. Try to be chivalrous: Tell her how pretty she is. Chivalry\u2019s not dead.<\/p>\n
[I learned how to] recreate Taco Bell meat. I\u2019ve practiced a lot, and I think it\u2019s pretty indistinguishable now if you put them side by side. There\u2019s so many things you have to do. Part of the meat is kind of blended. It\u2019s disgusting, but it\u2019s delicious. I do it all from scratch.<\/p>\n
2. First Dates Should Be Experiences<\/p>\n
Whatever the date is, you want your partner to leave and be like, \u201cOh my God, I\u2019m calling all my friends. This was the craziest thing. We were on the back of a tractor trailer flying and he had me spinning out the\u2026\u201d It\u2019s got to be something insane because you want to leave an impression. The person\u2019s going to be going out on a bunch of first dates, and you got to secure your spot.<\/p>\n
I try to create a moment in time because everyone\u2019s f\u2014ing busy, everyone has so much work to do, everyone\u2019s so stressed. If we can just sit back and forget everything for an hour to four hours \u2014 if it\u2019s a good date, five \u2014 then things are good. Don\u2019t you leave a date sometimes and you\u2019re like, \u201cOh my God, what the hell? Time flew!\u201d<\/p>\n
I go all out for every date. We go all out for each other. One time Sel was like, \u201cOh, I want to take you on a date.\u201d We drove somewhere and she had rented out a whole botanical garden for me. She also likes something so simple. For Valentine\u2019s Day, I got her Taco Bell, I made her movie-theater nachos, I found her favorite pickles from Texas and I deep-fried them for her. Then [I had] all her candies and Hot Cheetos.<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t mean spending your entire bank account. The No. 1 thing you need to do on a date is just listen to what the person\u2019s saying. Don\u2019t talk about yourself the whole time. No one cares.<\/p>\n
3. Dress with Confidence<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re wearing the most expensive thing that just came out, you\u2019re not fashionable. You\u2019re just a person who happens to spend their money. To me, it\u2019s all about high-low. I might wear a really nice vintage Prada jacket with a thing I found at Melrose Trading Post for $10.<\/p>\n
I think the best thing is mixing it and being yourself. If you\u2019re yourself in your clothes, you\u2019re going to feel more confident. For me, I like to wear a lot of vintage clothing. Some people look good with really fresh clothing. Find your lane and rock it. Don\u2019t try to be someone else.<\/p>\n
The last thrift find I\u2019m really proud of is this little pink Dora the Explorer jacket. It\u2019s so cute. It\u2019s a cropped, pink jacket \u2014 I think it\u2019s for a child \u2014 and I love it. It makes me feel sexy.<\/p>\n
I love sharing clothes [with my partner]. It\u2019s interchangeable. Well, except some of the gowns and stuff. They\u2019re so hard to get on and off. I wouldn\u2019t even do it. But I wouldn\u2019t mind wearing a dress if it was a nice one. I do have a lot of heels. I love a heel. Women\u2019s shoes are so good. Gentlemen wear women\u2019s heels. I don\u2019t know \u2014 this gentleman does.<\/p>\n
4. Self-Care Is a Must<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t stink. Do all the stuff. I really think it\u2019s important to have good skin. I have a facialist and she changed my life. I do whatever she says. Her name is Lindsay and she works at Artisan of Skin. Wow, I just plugged her: Can I have a discount?<\/p>\n
I also don\u2019t believe in always shampooing your hair or conditioning your hair. I\u2019m really clean, but I don\u2019t shower every day. Some people I know shower two to three times a day, but I feel like the oils on your skin don\u2019t have time to rejuvenate and get juicy.<\/p>\n
I like to use a hodgepodge. I want to smell [like] tobacco, but also like cotton candy. I want there to be an aroma as I\u2019m walking by. I want it to smell a little bit like man, a little bit feminine \u2014 I definitely lean a little more feminine in every sense.<\/p>\n
5. Welcome Everyone into Your Home (within Reason)<\/p>\n
I love [to host]. It\u2019s so fun. I love being hosted. [For a] dinner party, you want to invite people that don\u2019t necessarily all know each other. You want some people to co-mingle, some people to meet that shouldn\u2019t meet.<\/p>\n
I like to mix friend groups. I want someone who writes songs sitting next to an 80-year-old florist. I think age is nothing but a number. I want a 3 year old sitting next to a scientist and just hear what they\u2019re talking about because I know it\u2019s going to be some crazy s\u2014.<\/p>\n
You want to think of a really broad menu that\u2019s something that everyone\u2019s going to like. Usually I\u2019ll make a group thread and I\u2019ll be like, \u201cHey, what\u2019s everyone feeling? Let\u2019s do it.\u201d We do themes and everyone will cook the theme. You want the right drinks. You want the right music.<\/p>\n
I want to create a little world. One of my friends is an amazing Vietnamese cook. We\u2019ll do a dinner party here and lay out little wood baskets and banana leaves on the ground. Everyone wants to just escape to a new f\u2014ing place.<\/p>\n
6. Treat Your Mother Like a Queen<\/p>\n
My mom\u2019s my best friend. Every Sunday we go to the farmer\u2019s market. I cook her lunch, we swim, we gossip about stuff. She sends me things and is like, \u201cDo you think it\u2019s true?\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cI don\u2019t even know who these two people are we\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n
My mom loves flowers. For Mother\u2019s Day, I get her the same thing every year: I get her a new orchid. She\u2019s so good at taking care of them that before she moved to L.A., she had a room with just like 25 of them because I would give them to her every year and she would keep them and they would never die.<\/p>\n
7. Gift Giving Is an Art<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t buy a gift that everyone else is going to buy. To me, the best way to do it is get creative, to listen to something they said in the past and bring that back as a memory.<\/p>\n
Most of my gifts are handmade. Let\u2019s say you had the best night at Six Flags and it was your first date. Keep that ticket and then frame it and give it to them on their birthday and be like, \u201cOh, this was our first date.\u201d Simple little gestures go a long way.<\/p>\n
The first time me and Sel were really going to be long distance for a while, she made a bear that when I pressed its hand, it said, \u201cI miss you so much. You\u2019re going to be okay. I\u2019ll see you when I get back.\u201d She\u2019s very good at gifting. She does the same thing as me: Most of our gifts, we make them for each other.<\/p>\n
8. Say No to Ghosting<\/p>\n
Totally ghosting someone \u2014 I\u2019ve never done that. You have to be demonic to fully ghost someone. Ghosting is mean! A gentleman should not.<\/p>\n
I completely understand if you go out on a date and the guy\u2019s being totally creepy \u2014 you should totally ghost the f\u2014 out of him. But I don\u2019t want to ghost anyone. I always think whenever I\u2019m doing anything like that, I\u2019ll think about my mom and I\u2019ll say like, \u201cOh, I want to treat this person like I would treat my mom and how I\u2019d want someone to treat my mom.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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