MatureDJ
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"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
article: The Discovery of What It Means to Be a Man
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"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
zekko
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Is it a coincidence that the following was written by a woman who was undergoing transgender procedures to become a man?
"Instead, a new man seems to be emerging: a stay-at-home dad, forced by a failing economy and shifting workplace demographics to discover that he is, in fact, happy with a different, more expansive social role. American men expect their wives to work, according to a recent Pew research study, and want to be engaged fathers.
The new American man is freer in his gender: free to carry a diaper bag, yes, but also free to get a fancy barbershop haircut or talk about his feelings. Buddy comedies outpace romantic comedies, and the on-screen "bromances," inevitably reach a point of almost homoerotic tenderness between fart jokes"
"Instead, a new man seems to be emerging: a stay-at-home dad, forced by a failing economy and shifting workplace demographics to discover that he is, in fact, happy with a different, more expansive social role. American men expect their wives to work, according to a recent Pew research study, and want to be engaged fathers.
The new American man is freer in his gender: free to carry a diaper bag, yes, but also free to get a fancy barbershop haircut or talk about his feelings. Buddy comedies outpace romantic comedies, and the on-screen "bromances," inevitably reach a point of almost homoerotic tenderness between fart jokes"
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We realize how screwed up things are when media needs women to talk about what it means to be a man.
While there is a countless number of magazines giving suggestions to women about how to manipulate men or reminding them what "is their right", an even remotely positive litterature about manliness or being a man would be labelled as sexist or unappropriate or even a "hate speech".
This fact alone says more than any possible bvllsh1t shared from a woman talking about masculinity, and the answer is no there are no such things as "stay at home dad" at least in a sane environment and society.
When it happens its because there are serious sistemic problems beginning from the law and culture/media.
I see myself much more at ease to hunt with my bare hands than changing diapers at home.
While there is a countless number of magazines giving suggestions to women about how to manipulate men or reminding them what "is their right", an even remotely positive litterature about manliness or being a man would be labelled as sexist or unappropriate or even a "hate speech".
This fact alone says more than any possible bvllsh1t shared from a woman talking about masculinity, and the answer is no there are no such things as "stay at home dad" at least in a sane environment and society.
When it happens its because there are serious sistemic problems beginning from the law and culture/media.
I see myself much more at ease to hunt with my bare hands than changing diapers at home.
scrouds
Master Don Juan
I really don't care what the atlantic things about "what it means to be a man"
These libby rags need to get bent
These libby rags need to get bent