Desperate single who plastered posters round New York is again

A desperate single who plastered hundreds of flyers across the streets of New York 10 years ago is still lonely and back at it again with fresh new posters. 

Dan Perino, 61, set out on his initial mission to find love in 2014 – when he stuck up tens of thousands of posters all over New York’s Greenwich Village. 

Back then, the posters simply featured a serious headshot of Perino, along with his phone number, a brief introduction and ‘Looking for a Girlfriend’ written in bold letters.

Now, 10 years later, the single has returned to the streets with brand new posters, now seeking the ‘perfect woman’. 

Featuring the exact same picture, now over a decade old, along with the same caption: ‘I’m really looking for a girlfriend. This is not a joke. Just tired of the singles scene and hoping to meet the right person.’

He continues: ‘I am a professional artist and creative person. You know who you are.’

Dan Perino is a desperate single who plastered hundreds of flyers across the streets of New York 10 years ago is still lonely and back at it again with fresh new posters

Dan Perino, 61, set out on his initial mission to find love in 2014 – when he stuck up tens of thousands of posters all over New York’s Greenwich Village

Perino doesn’t seem to have a physical type, saying: ‘To me each and every person is beautiful. Open to the possibility of the relationship morphing into something more profound.’

The 61-year-old has even modernized the flyers to keep up with the times by including a barcode to scan to get in touch with him, alongside a phone number and email address.

‘Serious inquiries only,’ the flyers requested. 

Perino previously revealed that his desperate and unique bid to score a girlfriend was not a joke. ‘Just tired of the singles scene and hoping to meet the right person.’

In a 2014 interview with Vice, Perino said he received over 7,000 calls – but that most were from men or the media and not his target audience of women. He estimated that 90 per cent of calls were jokes.

Back in 2014, Perino managed to secure 86 dates in just nine weeks. His ‘best week’ saw 36 dates in 10 days – which meant he was going on up to five dates a day.

None of them worked out back then – and clearly none of the dates have gone well since as he is still on the hunt. 

Perino also revealed in the 2014 interview that he got stopped 20 times a day and said he was a ‘public figure’.

The lonely 61-year-old said he thought he would get a girlfriend within a week of sticking the flyers up because it was ‘such a great idea.’

He also claims he’s the first one to pioneer such a dating method, and even alleges that copy cats from Canada and Italy have stolen his idea. ‘I’m the first one. I’m the founder, and I’m probably the oldest one too,’ he said. 

Perino hasn’t always been part of the lonely hearts club, he was actually married for a couple of years prior to 2014 and even had a daughter, now 27, with his ex-wife.

The single has returned to the streets 10 years later with brand new posters featuring the exact same picture, now over a decade old, along with the same caption

When asked what his daughter thinks of her father’s bold and very public search for a potential new stepmom, he said, ‘​She doesn’t respond to it. Her friends do. They’re on that internet, asking, “That’s your father?”‘

Perino’s way to woo his dates 10 years ago consisted of showing up with a red rose and wining and dining women with $400 dinners and playing pool at pubs – though he doesn’t drink himself.

Despite being in his early 50s at the time of Perino’s last interview, he said he is not interested in a middle-aged woman. ‘There was a bad one, she called me up said she was 45. I don’t want 45. I want late 20s, or 30s.’

He recalled one woman that he went on several dates with, ‘​I went out with this girl Samantha. Samantha drinks too much, but she’s a real party animal and she’s super hot. That’s worth it.’