Whatever You Want Honey

This isn’t advice for me anymore. I am happily married. Although, it is still advice I use when I am with my wife. This is why I have so many lady friends who are comfortable talking to me.

Are Looks The Key? No.

As, my description says, “I am a masculine man who is comfortable with my better feminine qualities. The best of both worlds collided together into one super sensitive, emotional, yet a ruggedly handsome male.” This description does fit me.

I am not uber cute like Brad Pitt
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Quarky cute like Tom Cruise
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Classic handsome like Sean Connery

Or even sexy cute like Antonio Sabato Jr.


I am just a regular guy with regular looks.

So if you are just an average Joe, Bill or John, like me, what makes you attractive? The answer my friend is “communication”.

Huh?

Yes, that’s right, “COMMUNICATION”. Talking but most important, listening to what the opposite sex has to say and responding.

Most women, do not care so much about looks. Yes, they care if you look nice.

Here are 10 Tips

1. Shave or trim the facial hair, “Wildman” is not “in”
2. Dress decently (notice, I did not say suit and tie), just not like you wadded them into a ball then compacted by a car crusher
3. Shower or take a bath, nothing is worse than a guy who smells like he just pulled two double-headers in a row then ran ten miles through raw sewage
4. Compliment her, you do not have to be mushy about it, but show her you like her. You could say something like, “I just love the way your face lights up in the sun/moon.”
5. Regardless of what you may think, or what the feminist movement has taught you, chivelry IS NOT DEAD. Open her car door, open any door.
6. Listen to her. Talk to her. Women like to communicate.
7. When you are listening to her let your eyes travel from one eye to the other then to her mouth and back to her eye you started with (kind of a triangle shape). Do not do it fast but just casually.
8. Do not stare below her neck line!!! She is not a piece of meat.
9. Get acquainted with her first. She is more likely to trust someone she is familiar with. Then make friends with one of her friends. Her friend will put in a good word for you.
10. Be yourself. Pretending to be someone you are not is lying, that is no way to win someone’s trust.
11. Bonus Tip 1: Do not think that every woman loves sports as much as you do. Chances are that she has a much broader spectrum of conversation topics than how your favorite team is stacking up against their next opponent.
12. Bonus Tip 2: Catchy pick up lines are out.

So, if you can follow a few tips, you should be on your way to being more attractive to the Ladies out there.

Oh and by the way, don’t play the dating game, either. If you are “on the prowl” you look like you are “on the prowl”.

- D

Today has been rough. I am not going to go into all the sordid details of my day, but I’ll give you an idea of what’s happening. It started late last night and continued through about 10 minutes ago.

The short of it is a friend’s dad is very ill, another friend is upset (I do not know that story, yet), another friend thinks I hate her because I failed to return an e-mail eons ago (JM – I love you, really!), a client is upset, a financial crisis hit, after 2 months of waiting my son still doesn’t have health insurance, I have piles of paperwork that is filling my desk, it’s too darn hot in my office, my cat scoops his food out of his bowl and decorates the floor with it, my wife is in a tizzy, her mouth is in pain cause I haven’t taken her to the dentist, my son is acting like he got sugar injections every half hour for the last week and it is all starting to kick in, let’s see…is there anything else?…Probably. But for now, isn’t that enough?!

On the lighter side, my dog, Sydnie, sits at my side to reassure me that all is well, because I am here.

It is this kind of thinking that I have missed in the stress of my day. My dog loves and treats me like I need to love and treat others; with quiet empathy, utmost love and adoration. MAN, did I miss the mark today! So, to those I’ve wronged, I love you I didn’t mean to hurt you. To those who are in pain, my heart goes out to you. To those I’ve neglected, I’m here. To those in financial troubles, do not worry, tomorrow takes care of itself. To those who have organization skills, I need you. To everyone, hug a neck of someone you love right now!!!!! You never know if you will ever see or talk to them again.

I am getting ready to take some time off, visit a friend, hug my son, cuddle with my wife and hopefully blow off some steam in the process. Wish me luck!

-D

P.S. I was serious about the hugging thing. Go do it, now.