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’Net Junkie Shawn "Speedy" Lopes |
Hubby-seeker
is a Web hitAs an observant consumer, I admire a bold, imaginative marketing strategy. As a single guy, I also know well how difficult it is to meet the right person, or even the "right now" person. For these reasons, I dedicate this week's "'Net Junkie" to Theresa, the shameless, surnameless creator of MarryTheresa.com.
Many a motorist cruising along the I-24 West and I-65 South in the Nashville, Tenn., area have done a double take upon glimpsing Theresa's billboard, which features a giant-size version of the enterprising Web mistress, casually outfitted in jeans and a plain white blouse, followed by the phrase "Husband Wanted -- www.MarryTheresa.com."
Since 2002, MarryTheresa.com has accumulated more than 1 million hits from potential mates and curious Web surfers. "Why would I rent a billboard to find a husband?" reads Theresa's online introduction. "I am simply ready to be a wife and a mom. I realize this isn't the most conventional method of finding a husband, but is anything really conventional anymore? I tried trusting fate; all that got me was a boyfriend who wanted me to be Laura Ingalls from 'Little House on the Prairie,' and another that balanced his checkbook better than he balanced a relationship."
Give the girl some credit; she's courageous enough to put herself out there and sharp enough to know that by pulling such an outrageous, over-the-top stunt, she'll probably get more action than any woman in America not named Paris Hilton. "All I have done is increase my chances (by a mere 1 million passing cars) of meeting a really nice guy, and maybe one or two psychos. Let's try not to hold that against me," she states on her Web site.
Theresa is 35 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall and 125 pounds, with "blondish brown" hair and blue eyes. In case you're very interested, you are encouraged to send pictures with a detailed description of yourself, either by e-mail or snail mail, to Theresa's P.O. box. (Of course, the closer to Nashville you are, the better your odds.) Theresa wants a man who is ready to take on a relationship and a family. Jealous or insecure men need not apply. "I simply want someone who wants to wake up, make out, go to work, come home, cook dinner, drink ice cold milk with hot chocolate chip cookies, read bedtime stories to the kids, make out some more and fall asleep, only to look forward to doing it over again and again for years to come." Any takers?
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Contact Shawn "Speedy" Lopes at slopes@starbulletin.com.
