On the show Confessions of a Matchmaker, the matchmaker in question definitely "coaches" her clients on how to act on a date. People that jump right into the sex talk, people that talk too much about themselves, people that act too young or too old. It's hysterical. It's on the cable channel A&E (I don't know when though - they've moved it around a couple of times).

Good God, does anyone ever look into the dating history of some of these "coaches?" I know of one well-known love coach who can't even keep her love life in order, let alone find happiness.

Spare me and the rest of us from the nonsense of snake oil salesmen/women calling themselves "coaches" or anything else. No, I don't mean you, Ms. Price. I just mean all those ads in the back of New York magazine and everywhere else. But I guess if someone's dad or mom can coach sports, never having had any training, anyone can be a "dating coach."

1. Don't be late.

2. Don't wear plaids that don't match.

3. Don't wear plaids.

3. Do all the usual bathing, shaving, manicure, pedicure, zit-curing, mouthwash-gargling things anyone but a clueless Neanderthal knows to do. Duh?

4. Don't monopolize the conversation, but do have a few things to say so that you can actually participate in a conversation.

5. Don't make absurd exaggerations, like that you are a swimwear model when you weigh 250 pounds.

6. Don't talk about sex -- at all.

7. Don't talk about your exes.

8. Don't talk about money -- at all

9. Talk about politics only if the other brings it up and then only politely or peripherally.

10. Don't talk about religion unless it is real deal breaker for you.

I say this as a dating drop out. Too many people I dated did the above. I guess the moral is don't be too picky. People are apparently idiots.