ModernMOM.com is a blog-like site dedicated to the modern mother i.e. working, single, educated, etc. Their newest advice column describes “best practices” when dating as a single mother.

Such “best practice” includes never dating a male stripper. As if strippers don’t have it hard enough trying to find love given the nature of their profession, author Brooke Billings makes some valid points.

Here’s a snippet of her “Lessons in Dating: Never Date a Male Stripper“:

Go ahead and laugh. In hindsight, it seems so silly that I thought even casually dating this man would not end badly. But as a 22 year old who was still uncomfortable with her mom-body and fresh on the dating scene, I was easy prey. All it took was one pass of his hand across my shoulders and a compliment about what great hair I had, and I was giving him my number. I should have known that drinks we had in clubs before his shows were not actual dates, and that putting me on the VIP list for the All Male Revue was not romance. I should have realized that if a man is living with his ex-girlfriend because they are still really good friends, then she probably isn’t an “ex” just yet. Thankfully his girlfriend was a bit of a snoop and alerted me of her girlfriend status before things got anywhere close to serious. But lesson learned…a man that shaves his chest and stuffs his Speedo is probably incredibly comfortable lying about other things.