Valentine's Day Dating Tips From Patti Stanger and Paul Carrick Brunson
— -- Valentine’s Day is Saturday and love is in the air.
Relationship experts Patti Stanger and Paul Carrick Brunson appeared on “GMA” Thursday to give Audra Strafella some tips on finding love.
Strafella, 37, is an executive assistant who gave up Las Vegas dating games to move to New York City. She’s ready to find the man of her dreams, but she has a problem.
“I’m very picky,” she said.
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Strafella said she’s usually attracted to “dark-haired, Italian-looking” men. She wants her partner to be a professional who looks the part.
Also on her list of requirements for her prospective partner: a sense of humor, enjoyment of the outdoors and dance, an established career and being commitment-ready.
Strafella, who has a dating profile on the website Plenty of Fish, isn’t meeting the right guys.
Enter Stanger, star of “Millionaire Matchmaker,” and Brunson, a relationship coach and founder of the Paul C. Brunson Agency, a matchmaking firm, who helped pick a date for Strafella.
“I need somebody who is serious, who wants to date somebody for the long term," Strafella said. "The other thing that is important is chemistry."
Strafella was whisked away for a surprise makeover, while Stanger and Brunson interviewed prospective dates for her.
After interviews with several prospects, they chose entrepreneur Kurt McVey. Strafella met McVey for the first time Tuesday night at Strip House, a restaurant in Midtown Manhattan.
Close by were Stanger and Brunson, who watched the pair’s interaction. They even ordered the couple a slice of chocolate cake for dessert. At McVey’s prompting, Strafella fed some to him. After that, Brunson sent a note to McVey, telling him to feed Strafella, and he did.
After the date ended, Strafella told “Good Morning America,” the date went well but she did not want to go out with McVey again. Though McVey wanted a second date with her, Strafella said she didn’t feel a spark.
