"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Finance Chick says ‘growing crisis of the young American male’ could send home prices falling for years or even decades

"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.

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The Duke

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Wait a minute...I thought women didn't make as much as men. How will they be able to afford a house?
 

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What's astounding is that so many contemporary pundits act as if this "crisis* of The American Male" is anything new



Note what's said in the first few minutes here

This was written during the late 80s-early 90s




*RJ Samuelson's sage observation about our contemporary usage of the word "crisis" is instructive here:

"Few words are more overused in our debates than “crisis.” We have many — the education crisis, the inequality crisis and the environmental crisis, to name just a few. The word suggests an impending calamity unless we take instant action. The reality is that most crises are not calamities. They’re stubborn problems that, for one reason or another, defy a sweeping solution. Life goes on. The “crisis” label is mostly a public-relations device designed to attract attention"

Same thing is true of "men's issuues". Most of these troubles are complicated subjects for which there are no true "solutions", so much as there are various ways to reduce human suffering, and increase access opportunities for one and all
 
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