Cute Teen Stars "All Grown Up"

When I was growing up, I remember being slightly envious of “child stars”. I thought they had the perfect lives-they were attractive, rich and popular, while I was a nerd in her “awkward stage”. As it turns out, that sort of thing didn't last. Many of them-Lindsay Lohan, River Phoenix, Corey Haim-ended up in a bad way because of the way their celebrity has affected them. Some of the others were really great for a while, but age wasn't kind and their looks faded as they got older. However, this isn't the case with everyone. Here are a few examples of men who started out in show business when they were young and have just gotten better (and better-looking) with age.

Justin Timberlake. Some of you might remember him as the guy with the curly hair in N'SYNC while others may have seen him as a child on The Mickey Mouse Club. No matter where you first saw him, though, you can't deny that he's grown into a gorgeous young man. Even if you're not a fan of his music, you've got to give him credit for having a great sense of humor about himself. He's hosted Saturday Night Live five times, each time making fun of himself by performing ridiculous 90s style R&B seduction song parodies with Andy Samberg or dancing in front of a store in a really weird costume. I think my favorite costume was a DD breast implant advertising a shop called "Plasticville"! 

Patrick Dempsey. Those of us who grew up in the '80s and early '90s probably saw Patrick with his black hair and blue eyes  in several "teeny-bopper" movies. I think the funniest (and most appropriately-titled!) movie he was in was Loverboy, where he played a pizza delivery guy who made, um, house calls to older women who order "extra anchovies". At 47, he's still got that  thick hair, albeit with a little more gray. These days, he's probably best known for playing Dr Derek Shepard (aka "McDreamy") on Grey's Anatomy. Rumor has it that this season will be his last, but a man with his looks and experience (he's been acting since he was 15!) will have no problem working as long as he wants to.

Neil Patrick Harris. When I was 12, I had a mad crush on him when he was the main character in Doogie Howser, M.D. He played a 16-year-old prodigy doctor who was very well-versed on medicine, but rather awkward when it came to girls and basically being a teenager. I thought he was cute and smart then, but he's even better-looking now. He was 16 at the time, but had been acting in some manner since he was about 10. What I find rather interesting about him is that, despite his many womanizing (How I Met Your Mother) and “hormonal” (Harold and Kumar Go To Whitecastle) characters, he's gay and has been “out” since about 2006. In coming out and being as comfortable with himself as he is, he's a rather good example of the way that being gay doesn't have to be seen as something shameful anymore; people are who they are, and that's all they really need to be.

Who are some of the celebrities you think have gotten better-looking with age?

Meeting Men Online

Are you tired of meeting the same sleazy men at your local bar? Does it seem like there are no men left in your town anywhere? Or maybe there are, but you just don't know where to look? Well, the best thing for you to do is to try to meet men online. It's quick, it's easy, and it's painless because you get to control who you meet. It allows you to screen potential boyfriends without having to get all dulled up for a date. You can sift through hundreds of bios until one catches your eye and when it does, then you can make the effort to get dressed up and meet him for a bite to eat or a drink.

So where do you find these men? There are a plethora of dating and social networking sites available on the internet today. If you want to be more discreet about your search for men, you may want to consider using something like Facebook as your database for meeting men. Facebook allows for casual conversation that can be treated as friendly without the assumption that you are solely trying to find a date. This is also great because you get a chance to see your male "Friends" in a casual atmosphere. They don't know you are watching their updates and looking at their pictures because you are considering them as a dating option. They more or less think that you added them as a friend because you had mutual friends and you were just trying to network. By going through a portal like Facebook, there is very minimal pressure when it comes to actually meeting and choosing a date.

Now, there are other sites that are a bit more direct, such as Match.com. Match not only lets the prospects know exactly what you are there fore, it also allows you and your potential mates to fill out surveys and questionnaires about your lives and what you would be like as a mate. By doing this, it enables you to looks for certain personality traits that are important to you.

Match also takes your answers and submits them into a formula that generates what type of personality would best compliment your own in a way that would produce a long-lasting relationship. One may never have thought that such a science could be responsible for generating love, but its been proven to do so by hundreds, maybe even thousands, of happy couples.

No matter which route you take, the more indirect route via Facebook, or a more direct route via Match, it is important that you stay true to yourself. You are a capable, strong, and beautiful woman and anyone would be lucky to have you! The best thing you can do when looking for love, especially online, is to keep your heart open and do not write people off too quickly. Most importantly, do not ever lose sight of who you are or what you deserve. Every women deserves a prince!