Meet Cute Prompts but it is all suggestions given in a 1958 “129 Ways to Get a Husband” article
Have your car break down in strategic places.
Read obituaries to find eligible widowers.
Look in the census reports for places with the most single men.
Ask your friends' husbands who the eligible men are in their offices.
Be nice to everybody—they may have an eligible brother or son.
Be friendly to ugly men—handsome is as handsome does.
Get lost at football games.
Don't take a job in a company run largely by women.
Get a job demonstrating fishing tackle in a sporting goods store.
Go to all reunions of your high school or college class. There may be widowers there.
Don't be afraid to associate with more attractive girls; they may have some leftovers.
Go back to your home town for a visit—the wild kid next door may have become a very eligible bachelor while you were away.
Don't room with a girl who is a sad sack and let her pull you down to her level.
Stumble when you walk into a room that he's in.
Wear a Band-Aid. People always ask what happened.
Dropping the handkerchief still works.
Stand in a corner and cry softly. Chances are good that he'll come over to find out what's wrong.
Buy a convertible. Men like to ride in them.
Learn how to bake tasty apple pies. Bring one in to the office and let the eligible bachelors taste it.
"Acidentally" have your purse fly open, scattering its contents all over the street.
Practice your drinking with your women friends first.
Don't tell him about your allergies.
Don't whine—girls who whine stay on the vine!
Show him you can have fun on a cheap date-but don't overdo it!
Double-date with a gay, happily married couple—let him see what it's like!
Talk to his father about business and agree that taxes are too high!
Never let him know he's the only one, even if you have to stay home one or two nights a week!
If he's rich, tell him you like his money—the honesty will intrigue him!
Clip and mail him a funny cartoon that means something to both of you.
Point out to him that the death rate of single men is twice that of married men.
If your mother is fat, tell him you take after your father. If he's fat too, tell him you're adopted!
Stow away on a battleship.
Rent a billboard and post your picture and telephone number on it.
Paint your name and number on roof and say, "Give me a buzz, pilots."
Sink at a fashionable beach at high noon!
Ride the airport bus back and forth from the airport.
Bribe ferris-wheel operator to get you stuck on the top of a Ferris wheel.
Stand on a busy street corner with a lasso.
Carry a camera and ask strange, handsome men if they would mind snapping your picture.
Make and sell toupees—bald men are easy catches!
Advertise for male co-owner of a boat.
Carry a tow chain in the trunk of your automobile.
Let it be known in your office that you have a button box and will sew on bachelors' loose buttons.
Don't marry him if he has too many loose buttons!
Source: “129 Ways to get a Husband” in the January 1958 edition of the McCall’s Magazine.
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