Single? At Least You Don't Live in Texas

An Ask E. Jean Classic:

Dear E. Jean:

How does a woman (me) become the “marrying kind?” My friend, Nicole, says all men fall in love and want to marry her, and she winds up breaking their hearts. 

Me, not so much. I wind up with the broken heart. Am I a woman who loves TOO much? Do I text too much? Do I jump in the sack too quickly? Is my blonde hair too floozy-ish? Should I go back to mousy brown? [Reader: I have met this woman. She’s a vivacious knockout.] I’m so bad at the games. I wear my feelings on my sleeve. How can I make love happen? What makes some women more attractive as being “the marrying kind” as opposed to being the occasional dinner-date-and-sex-romp kind?      

I have my life fairly together now; been independent and self-supporting since my divorce seven years ago. I have a thriving online business and I’m also a wardrobe stylist for fashion shoots. I love what I do, but there’s so much more to me. I’m smart, loving, caring, nurturing, adventurous and overall a pretty c…