Instead of telling Dan that she had gotten physical too soon in past relationships and regretted it, McCann instructed Cara to simply say, “I really like you, I just want to get to know you a little bit better. I hope that’s okay?” Instead of answering the question “Are you seeing anyone else?” with a long explanation about who and for how long, her fear of dying alone, or how she had dated half the college football team, they crafted a simple two-word answer: “Not exclusively.”
