Brain's reward circuit activity ebbs and flows with a woman's hormonal cycle

NIH via Eureka Alert ^ | 2-Feb-2007 | Jules Asher

[Lurker]

Staying very low and moving quickly and quietly seems to help as well.

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[Caramelgal]

“Maybe you could simplify this? Just tell us, when I'm supposed to tell her good news and when I'm supposed to tell her bad news.”

Dude, let me try to help you out here.

First and foremost - always tell her the good news:

“You are even more beautiful today than the day I fell hopelessly in love with you”.
“No, that dress doesn’t make you look fat; nothing could ever make you look fat”
“I have no need to spend time with the guys, I’d much rather go shopping for antiques with you”.
“You are a fabulous cook, so much better than my mother ever was – my mother knows nothing”.
“This expensive diamond necklace, that I’m giving you for no particular reason other than an expression of my undying love for you, while priceless, pales in comparison next to your brilliance”
“Yes, I look at other women but then I immediately think about how lucky I am that you allowed me to marry you”
“Women should be paid twice as much as their male counter parts”

Any bad news is always preceded by the phrase “I am an idiot”.