Preparation for Romance:

You may be wondering what is up with me and all my posts on Romance - it's YOUR fault!! I post ONE little innocent post and all hell breaks loose!



Ok but this is kinda funny... i was reading an article in a magazine a while ago - the topic was "how to woo a woman":


This was their take:


"How to woo her, win her, keep her and make her feel like the sexiest, funniest, most respected, best cared for, greatest woman in the universe without losing your sanity, your solvency or your manhood in the process.. a romantic roadmap from women by women"

Hahaha

Ok, here is my little blurb - they wrote like 7 pages of "rules" - i have only a few on the topic - don't worry i am not ganging up on my guys out there - the ladies' turn come after my upcoming - highly anticipated post on Dr Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.. so keep reading:


Sanity
Rule #1: Recognize that women like to be taken care of - even when they don't need to be.
Since we are talking to men - here are some examples to help them out : Hail cabs, fetch coats, open doors..


Rule #2: Don't get carried away: Being the guy who can't fix anything is one thing - being the guy who claims he will fix everything and never does.. romance killer!

Rule#3: Remember you are not the one we get manicures with - wanting to know all the ins and outs of feminine grooming, major no-no. Also, please hide your vast knowledge on homeopathic cures for cramps.

Rule #4: Women love surprises - surprise us now and again.. flowers, diamonds whatever.. no scary surprises, We don' like the "Oh, honey that's not actually aquafresh, its Valtrex" kinda surprise!


Solvency:
Rule #1: The only acceptable answer to shall we split the bill, is Absolutely NOT!

Rule#2: Don't get into financial debt buying us expensive crap we will never use or never like - just listen and learn, its the small things that matter.


All the rest:
Rule #1: It's so cheesy to pretend you don't see the hot girl in the room - women are not idiots, chances are we saw her way before you did anyway - She becomes alot less mysterious if you are in on it together.

Rule#2: Baby talk is never romantic. :-) goo goo

Rule#3: Please dont loudly snort and guffaw at the absurdity of some gut wrenchingly bad peice of entertainment before atleast knowing whether your woman likes that sort of behaviour!

Ok enough with the rules!! See ?? You can't slap down rules and romantic cliches into life - because if you wanna try that... there is a host of things you need to do before hand!


That my friend.. is the way of love.

And finally - what about Chivary in the 21st Century? of Xgen- DXgen whatever we are calling our generation these days!

There is the argument that opening a door for a woman is manipulative – a vacant expression used by to reel a girl in or curry favor in an unseemly way.

As if chivoulrous gestures lifted from a black and white TV show will blind women to a guy’s underlying hatred of women. To which I say. Oh PLEASE!

There are misogynists who pull out chairs and misogynists who don’t!

Opening a door is a small way of
1) being gentlemanly
2) protecting us from potentially hazardous handle germs
3) give us the chance to make an entrance


I, for one find myself a little ambivalent of male chivalry. I think it can be really sweet – but I guess for me its in HOW it is done.

Before i turn into online Oprah... THATS ALL.


TSK TSK - bring it!