Posted on 01/20/2002 4:53:24 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I stand in awe of their strong manly resolve and steadfast love which enabled them to endure all kinds of unspeakable hells for the protection and defense of their women, their children, their families, their faith, their country.
I read an article in Good Housekeeping, February 2002 page 94"The Best Way to Make a Sick Man Stop Moaning", last night that sort of bashed men for being whiners when it came to getting a cold or flu and compared it to what women have to endure. Well, IMHO, no matter what when the "going gets tough the tough get going" and in tough times it is usually the men who get tough! Thank God He gave women men.
This is the reason why that number is in use by men on the golf course.
You have apparently met my ex-wife. A more accomplished master of mental manipulation has never walked the earth.
The big mystery is why the nice men won't make a move.
There are many unattached men who are not physically repulsive, not financially destitute, not emotionally crippled, and not homosexual. Most single women aren't interested in these men. They're not glamorous, not exciting, not extravagant, not redolent of fantasy, and not arm candy. What, you thought the concept only worked in one direction? I assure you, that blade slices both sexes.
Where would a realistic single woman find such a man? Not in a bar or a nightclub. Somewhere that decent single men of adequate masculine quality spend their free time. Churches. Volunteer organizations. Groups that coalesce around various interests, such as boating, books, theater, folk music, bicycling and hiking, foreign language practice, and so forth. Look into those groups, ladies. You might think there are no suitable men out there entirely because you've been looking in the wrong places for them.
The techniques for finding and bagging a suitable husband are ancient, well known, and reliable. The trouble is, they require that the woman zero in on her choice, present herself to him in an attractive manner, and then induce him to move on her -- "A man chases a woman until she catches him." Most women of our day don't have the patience for this, nor are they willing to expend the effort to make themselves attractive for their men, nor are they willing to do the things that are most appealing to the male ego during courtship, most especially get him talking about the things that fascinate him, then shut up and listen to him with something he could legitimately mistake for interested attention.
There's one last hurdle to leap, though: Because of the prevalence of gender-war psychology and male-bashing among American women, and because so many of them play double-bind games to paint a man as a lowlife regardless of what he does, many men simply will not make the first move. They're afraid of you, ladies. They think you hate them, or hold them in contempt. And a surprising number of you do, by my entirely idiosyncratic researches.
Examples? If a man holds a door for a woman, she can call him a chauvinist. If he fails to do so, she can call him an insensitive cad. I once watched a young woman do both of these things -- to two different men, of course -- within five minutes' time. If a woman interrupts a man in conversation and the man takes exception, he's called petty or wimpish; if a man interrupts a woman, he's called an unmannerly brute -- and yes, I've seen a woman do both of these things, as well.
So, ladies: You have to find your man. You have to make yourself appealing to him and put yourself in his way. You have to induce him to approach you, or you have to approach him in an innocent way. You have to hold his interest while he goes through the process Stendhal called "crystallization," in which he comes to realize that he can't live without you. Then you have to say "Yes." And the order is important.
For further reflections on the dating minefield, click here.
Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit the Palace Of Reason: http://palaceofreason.com
And lastly "can't shoot'em"
W.K.
If you buy her flowers, you're after something.
If you don't, you're not thoughtful.
I have to be very careful to buy my wife flowers on days that are not occasions, after a fight, after she's tired or had a bad day, or after a good day. I can only buy flowers for her on "nothing" days...otherwise "I'm doing it because I have to"
I know you mean to call men names in the nicest possible way. This thread is abusive to men in general and should not be condoned. I would feel the same way about threads bashing women. Go back to your NOW sisters and tell them to keep it to themselves. I know you'll tell me to lighten up and its all in good fun and other choice horse nuggets. Don't waste your time sucking on wet rags with me.
Dang those are funny!!!
Did you make those up?
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