wooer

Getting “ghosted” on dating websites by wooers who abruptly vanish without a word may hurt, but matchmakers say the new trend of getting “zombied” is just plain scary.

She shut herself away from men, alone with her beloved trees, and let no wooer come near her.

He was by turns the bearded true believer who honeymooned in Cuba and spoke of liberation theology and, in time, the capable wooer of unsavory poobahs from the taxi and real estate industries.

But judging from the reaction, he’s offered a model for would-be wooers: Snag primo seats at a well-known concert, then get the Four Tops to serenade your lady.

You can’t fake love, and nothing’s worse than a would-be wooer who says all the wrong things.