Call it his very own “summer of George” — only with far better results.
Michael Nicosia, a 31-year-old Long Island native, has unexpectedly turned into one of the region’s most sought-after single men by living a real-life twist on George Costanza’s famously awkward “Seinfeld” dating confession: “I’m unemployed, and I live with my parents.”
“I’m not exaggerating when I say more than 100 women wanted to go out with me in July alone,” Nicosia told The Post.
“And honestly, it all came out of the worst year of my life.”
The former Goldman Sachs employee saw his dating prospects surge dramatically this summer after the popular social media matchmaking page Hot and Single shared a video of him confidently running his fingers through his hair while wearing a fitted white T-shirt.
“A lot of them didn’t really seem bothered by my job situation or the fact that I’m living at home,” Nicosia said, speaking openly about moving back in with his parents in Hicksville after losing his finance job.
“It feels like I’m living out George’s wildest fantasy,” joked the unlikely dating-app heartthrob, a devoted “Seinfeld” fan who, unlike Costanza, appears to have won over plenty of admirers with his looks.
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For many of the women reaching out, Nicosia’s current circumstances were beside the point; they were drawn instead to his sharp appearance, easy charm, adventurous spirit and strong sense of faith.
“This sounds like the man of my dreams,” wrote a woman, one of about 450 who commented on the post, which was liked more than 2,000 times.
Another bluntly wrote, “Mike is hot.”
A mom even recommended him for her 28-year-old daughter in the comments.
The well-known app Cuffed Dating followed up by doing an interview with Nicosia about what makes him tick and asking him more questions about finding the one.
“Then the DMs started – and they still haven’t stopped,” he told The Post.
It’s all been a stark contrast to 2025, when the handsome Nicosia thought he had everything in his life planned out.
He was living and thriving in Dallas, where he had moved in 2021 for a white-collar investor-relations role.
Nicosia had always kept in fabulous shape, routinely pumping iron, while dating his true love, whom he was headed toward moving in with, marrying and settling down with permanently in the south.
Then the nose-dive began — literally.
Nicosia plummeted down a flight of stairs while carrying groceries and broke his foot and injured his ankle in multiple places, leaving him bound to a boot that sidelined him from the gym for months.
It happened not long after his beloved Australian Shepherd, Rocky, passed.
Then his girlfriend broke up with him to seek greener pastures; and, to top it all off, Goldman laid him off.
“My life turned into the biblical Book of Job,” Nicosia said.
The terrible chain of events left him totally lonesome in the Lone Star State by April — and then, to rub it in, his car broke down without hope of repair a month later.
“I really didn’t have anyone I was close with who didn’t live half a country away,” he said.
“And the job hunt was going less than ideal.”
Soon enough, the inevitable happened. Nicosia had to take the drive of shame back home to the island — in a rental — where his mom, Luba, dad, Mike, and brother, Daniel, all welcomed him back with open arms in late June.
Still, they hated seeing their beloved son have to start all over on such awful terms.
“My dad was even willing to get me an apartment in the city just to make it easier to meet women,” Nicosia said.
“Going through all of that alone was something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.”
The nadir of his adult life became a sudden, shocking zenith when Nicosia eventually put himself out there and messaged the social page to see if it would promote him.
“They got back to me instantaneously; they were so excited to put me up as soon as possible,” he said.
Women from across the country have since reached out, trying to get a slice of the hot commodity who does food-content creation under his alias “Mikey Meatball Eats.”
“I live in CA unfortunately – you never know though,” wrote a fan of the man.
Another added, “I’m ready for you to turn me into a foodie.”
He was getting 100 weekly messages at his July high and still enjoys a steady three or four new ladies sliding into his messages per week as September approaches.
“You want to talk about a confidence booster,” Nicosia laughed.
Nicosia said he’s been asked out around 150 times total now — he has gone on a super selective five dates so far — and is even in the process of casting for a few dating shows, which he must keep mum about at the moment.
He’s also getting tons of job interviews, as everything is on the up and up.
“I won’t be unemployed forever, and it looks like I’ll be meeting the right one sooner rather than later,” Nicosia said.
“I may have lost the life I thought I was going to have, but now I get to build a new one.”
