Here are some tips fellow alpha males!
Women use fashion to establish and maintain the social order. And the more status a woman has, the more critical the correct fashion is.
A hotie needs a guy who looks right. When she looks at you, she immediately knows how she will feel going places with you and showing you off to her friends. If you don’t look like you can dress the way she wants, the way that fits her life, she can’t take a chance on you.
She needs to know that you are the kind of guy who dates girls like her. That’s how she knows you will be appropriate to her. She wants someone who matches. Why? Because then you will understand her. Girls do not want to waste time explaining to men what’s important. No one wants a fixer-upper. They want a house that’s already really nice and comfy and clean, and they can move right in and start showing it off to their friends.
Make sense right?
There’s one other little secret about shoes that no one else knows, but I’ll tell you, because, you know, I like you and want you to do well.
She looks to see how clean your shoes are to figure out how clean you are. Shoes are basically the clothing analog to good grooming. Just like your body, shoes need to be maintained to look good.
It takes a bit of care and patience to keep good shoes looking great, and that says a lot about how you take care of yourself… and… you guessed it. How well you take care of others in your life as well.
She’s thinking about what it would be like to sleep with you pretty much from the start. But she’s also thinking «will it be fun and crazy and sexy, or will it be gross and slovenly and uncomfortable?» Guess which one she’s gonna pick if you’re wearing beat-up, smelly old sneakers?
Handling Rejection
Don’t Take it Personally
In many cases, the so-called rejection may have nothing to do with you at all.
For instance, someone may reject your advances because you remind them of someone from their past (not your fault), they are having a career crisis (not your fault) or are dealing with some other pressing personal issue that they elect not to explain (again, not your fault).
"I really liked this guy and we dated a couple of times before he told me he didn’t have time for me. I felt awful," says Jess. "I ran into him a year later and he told me that his father had been sick with cancer — he later died — and all this was happening when we had first met," she says. "I had thought he just wasn’t interested in me but the truth was that it had nothing to do with me."
Silence your Inner Child
The Inner Child often overreacts and feels the whole world has turned thumbs down and that true love will never come (insert high-pitched wail here). Our adult selves know this is simply not true yet the words of our Inner Child ring in our ears.
Recover from rejection by silencing your Inner Child and reminding yourself that ‘never’ is not a realistic concept. To get yourself back on track, try making a list of all the people in your life who do love you and let the sting of rejection melt away.
Don’t Let it Rattle You
Don’t let a negative response shake your confidence. "If I didn’t get a second date with a guy, I’d spend literally days running through out first meeting wondering what I did to put him off," says Sue.
"One day I had a revelation: You can’t be everyone’s idea of a perfect match, so it’s only natural that you will have first dates that don’t eventuate into second ones. And that’s fine. If we all met the man of our dreams the first time, there would be no single people and there are lots of single people out there…"
Think of It as a Favor
If your first or second date didn’t turn into something more, in some ways you should be thankful. It may be uncomfortable to hear, but getting a firm, clear-eyed grasp on incompatibility early rather than later is a huge time-saving plus. The early brush-off allows you to chalk it up to experience and move on.
Turn It into a Positive
Sounds cheesy but you can make rejection work as a motivator for self-improvement. "Knock-backs aren’t fun, that’s for sure," says Phil, "But if I get a ‘no’ from someone I was interested in,
I always use the opportunity to work on myself — do a course, work out more at the gym, go on a health kick, that sort of thing. I figure if I am the best I can be that I will find the best person for me. And if it takes a few ‘nos’ to get there, so be it."
Don’t Dwell on It
Sometimes the fact that we have been rejected is so painful and all-consuming that it becomes the only thing we talk about. Friends hear how badly we’ve been treated or listen patiently to our complaints that we will never find true love.
Other singles rally around us offering rejection anecdotes, all of which seem to confirm our worst fears — that there are no decent men/women left and we will never find Mr/Ms Right.
Get a grip. Turn this apparent catastrophe into a chance to make a change. Get back online, update that profile and optimistically look toward the future.
Women use fashion to establish and maintain the social order. And the more status a woman has, the more critical the correct fashion is.
A hotie needs a guy who looks right. When she looks at you, she immediately knows how she will feel going places with you and showing you off to her friends. If you don’t look like you can dress the way she wants, the way that fits her life, she can’t take a chance on you.
She needs to know that you are the kind of guy who dates girls like her. That’s how she knows you will be appropriate to her. She wants someone who matches. Why? Because then you will understand her. Girls do not want to waste time explaining to men what’s important. No one wants a fixer-upper. They want a house that’s already really nice and comfy and clean, and they can move right in and start showing it off to their friends.
Make sense right?
There’s one other little secret about shoes that no one else knows, but I’ll tell you, because, you know, I like you and want you to do well.
She looks to see how clean your shoes are to figure out how clean you are. Shoes are basically the clothing analog to good grooming. Just like your body, shoes need to be maintained to look good.
It takes a bit of care and patience to keep good shoes looking great, and that says a lot about how you take care of yourself… and… you guessed it. How well you take care of others in your life as well.
She’s thinking about what it would be like to sleep with you pretty much from the start. But she’s also thinking «will it be fun and crazy and sexy, or will it be gross and slovenly and uncomfortable?» Guess which one she’s gonna pick if you’re wearing beat-up, smelly old sneakers?
Handling Rejection
Don’t Take it Personally
In many cases, the so-called rejection may have nothing to do with you at all.
For instance, someone may reject your advances because you remind them of someone from their past (not your fault), they are having a career crisis (not your fault) or are dealing with some other pressing personal issue that they elect not to explain (again, not your fault).
"I really liked this guy and we dated a couple of times before he told me he didn’t have time for me. I felt awful," says Jess. "I ran into him a year later and he told me that his father had been sick with cancer — he later died — and all this was happening when we had first met," she says. "I had thought he just wasn’t interested in me but the truth was that it had nothing to do with me."
Silence your Inner Child
The Inner Child often overreacts and feels the whole world has turned thumbs down and that true love will never come (insert high-pitched wail here). Our adult selves know this is simply not true yet the words of our Inner Child ring in our ears.
Recover from rejection by silencing your Inner Child and reminding yourself that ‘never’ is not a realistic concept. To get yourself back on track, try making a list of all the people in your life who do love you and let the sting of rejection melt away.
Don’t Let it Rattle You
Don’t let a negative response shake your confidence. "If I didn’t get a second date with a guy, I’d spend literally days running through out first meeting wondering what I did to put him off," says Sue.
"One day I had a revelation: You can’t be everyone’s idea of a perfect match, so it’s only natural that you will have first dates that don’t eventuate into second ones. And that’s fine. If we all met the man of our dreams the first time, there would be no single people and there are lots of single people out there…"
Think of It as a Favor
If your first or second date didn’t turn into something more, in some ways you should be thankful. It may be uncomfortable to hear, but getting a firm, clear-eyed grasp on incompatibility early rather than later is a huge time-saving plus. The early brush-off allows you to chalk it up to experience and move on.
Turn It into a Positive
Sounds cheesy but you can make rejection work as a motivator for self-improvement. "Knock-backs aren’t fun, that’s for sure," says Phil, "But if I get a ‘no’ from someone I was interested in,
I always use the opportunity to work on myself — do a course, work out more at the gym, go on a health kick, that sort of thing. I figure if I am the best I can be that I will find the best person for me. And if it takes a few ‘nos’ to get there, so be it."
Don’t Dwell on It
Sometimes the fact that we have been rejected is so painful and all-consuming that it becomes the only thing we talk about. Friends hear how badly we’ve been treated or listen patiently to our complaints that we will never find true love.
Other singles rally around us offering rejection anecdotes, all of which seem to confirm our worst fears — that there are no decent men/women left and we will never find Mr/Ms Right.
Get a grip. Turn this apparent catastrophe into a chance to make a change. Get back online, update that profile and optimistically look toward the future.