Sunday, June 30, 2013

Why Cupid is Failing the Great War

      It’s come to my attention recently that several ladies I am very close to are requesting my services to keep them informed on where Mr. Right could be. Sigh. I figured the best way to report my findings should be in speech format, since I give my input on the situation that seems to be “being on a soap box” as it were. So pay attention for I’m only saying it once.

To the Ladies throughout the world!

I am here to report that after much research and constant surveillance I have come to the proper solution to your problems on why you can’t attain the perfect man, a.k.a. “Mr. Right.”

It is quite simple. You, the individuals with your attitudes and unique biological design, have lost focus on what truly matters: YOURSELVES! Welcome to the 21st century. The Dark Ages of reasoning and old-fashioned mantra should be cast aside immediately! Why must you wait on the man to approach you in any public outing, when you can take action on your own accord? Introduce yourself first! Beat him to the punch, flip the script, put him on watch. You mustn’t worry about his actions and motives. You have your own to worry about. Honestly. A woman that makes the first move has a better survival rate in the dating jungle than one who waits for his  own timing to act. Sometimes ladies, that will involve you to pitch a tent, pack a lunch, roll out a sleeping bag, and light a candle. You will be there for quite some time. The female who approaches first however will begin her dating conquest on her own terms and at her own personal schedule.

It’s been said in many books, articles, magazines, and so forth that women adore confidence from men. Ladies, we are the exact same way. Instead of being on these websites waiting and/or pleading for a proper suitor to come around; the public place in the end will always be the front lines to find a suitable mate. You may use those sites to find that person, but no matter what, you still have to get out and meet them publicly. So, I say skip the sites entirely and just stick to the old program that Mom and Dad used decades ago. When I say public places I am not talking about the local watering hole. I’m talking about the park where you walk your dog every morning before you head to work through the weekdays. I’m talking about the cafĂ© down the road that makes your latte the way you prefer it with the foam not being too thick and the espresso being one and a half shots, not two. I’m talking about the gym that has the treadmill set to your own personal speed right next to the window with the oak casting shade of the bench underneath where the birds perch gazing upon you once in a while. These places are vital to getting your ass out and into the open. That’s half the battle though. The real war between the trenches is the ideal to retain a response from the person you are interested in.

Not that hard I say. Simple example: “My name is blah blah, what’s yours?” Yes, this seems to be the opening sequence a man does all the time. Women can do the same as well. Yes, I also know this isn’t very lady-like. Does it really matter what falls in the lines of lady-like or not if it ends in suitable results catered to your own desires? That’s my way of saying the door becomes open to having an open relationship with someone down the road. That’s what you want, correct? The end result of that first introduction to lead to a date(s) in the near future is what most women want, and what most men don’t mind doing.
While you continue the speaking, and texting, and e-mails, and social media conversations going; you remember this notion; good, honest, loyal, sincere men who are indeed single; like yourself, are involved in the same goofy, loopy scenario you are right freaking now! I mean it. There’s some Joe Shmo eyeing a brunette at his gym wondering how he should speak to her. He’s probably rehearsed the speech and introduction several times in front of his mirror at home. He’s probably got to know her schedule down to a mathematical formula that even Einstein would shake his head and say (use fake German accent) “vy haven’t I seen dat bevore.”  He’s probably figured how many miles she runs on that same treadmill every day and broken the hours between that day to wonder how he would ever keep up with her in a marathon. You see? Men do the research on their potential mate just like we would do on a research paper in college. Why aren’t you doing the same? When someone hunts a particular target, they must familiarize themselves with that target. In the olden days you’d do that on the first date. Well, you should give this new notion a try. Please don’t use Google you cheater! Just stay attentive to the local area you go to, and you’ll pick up some way to talk of something that will interest him and you. Bingo! The ice breaker of the introduction has been excavated, examined, and now will be presented without the subject even noticing it. By then, you should be “in like flint.” If not, congratulations. You have now determined he has no interest in you whatsoever. That will save you from grief and future consumption of ice cream because he left you for the BBD, the Bigger Better Deal.

Dating is all on you. I can’t control that part of this for you have to cater to the person you’re dating. I’m saying not all guys are the same. But this is where it gets interesting, and I need to make this clear as day. Please do not make comparisons of past relationships to the current one. Why? It’s instant downfall. It’s like getting his name tattooed on you. You know it’s not going to last, gonna be a pain to get rid of, or worse, “inked” over. Don’t do it. Treat every man you date as an open canvas. Make the outline, fill in the color, fine tune the details, and then step back to weigh if the painting is worth keeping or selling on Ebay. Dating is trial-and-error. You will get your heart broken, no doubt in my mind. The idea is to find the one that doesn’t break it AT ALL. Period. No questions asked. If at any moment his standards don’t meet to your par at day one; hit the eject button immediately. Save the tears for someone who cared for you, not someone who didn’t. The ones who fight to keep you after he made a mistake; those are ones you handle with kid gloves. You give him one more shot. Nothing more.

Now what’s the proper protocol for a perfect man? I have no clue. Male and female are never the same. So it’s on what you want. Remember though; if it fails DELETE his number, his profile, his clothes, his everything from you. Do not go backwards to ex’s. The military created the X program on their planes for they were creating the one that flew right to their specifications. “Bob, the X-2 failed to clear the flight deck. Well then Tim, scrap the engines on the X-2, fix the problem, and call her the X-3.” See, this is where EX came from. X meaning experimental. That’s why they’re ex’s, for they were the experimentation process to finally nabbing the man of your dreams…your future husband.


There’s more information out there to be researched ladies. Just have to know where to look. If this blog heightened your interest, then screw it. I’ll write a book. Yep. I’ll do it. There’s so many books from women on dating, but barely any on men. Well, I mean men in THIS century where stuff has changed entirely. So let me know. Hope you enjoyed this little speech. Hopefully it gets heard…so I can retire as most friend’s “relationship doctor.” I should’ve charged years ago. I could’ve owned a Ferrari by now!