AAkasha -> RE: My thoughts on why some sub men are still single (1/26/2011 12:25:23 PM)
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I don't think it's simply that sub men don't know when/how to spend money on women, on dates, or how to get by being frugal without looking cheap. I know some sub men who charm the pants off of women (no pun intended) with or without money and have no problems with courtship rituals. The bigger challenge I think is that sub men either want FREEDOM from the challenge/stress of courtship, and/or they are poorly equipped to do it. Courtship is a skill. So is flirting. Some men don't learn to do either, and don't practice either, and this is stuff many men figure out early in life through trial and error, through peers and older siblings, and through observing others doing it. How do you ask a woman on a date? How do you talk to her? How do you figure out who pays? As evidenced by this thread, there are as many acceptable first date options as there are women - but some thing some ideas are horrible, and others think they are great. Here's the challenge: Reading the woman. Getting a sense of how high maintenance she is. Identifying if she's going to have expectations of being wined and dined, or would be happy renting a movie or taking a walk. Initiating contact and then allowing her to take control if that's her vibe, or sharing control. All of this requires some intuition and finesse -- or, if a man is a "what you see is what you get" type, then he needs to communicate with a woman who is at that level also. Still, this requires identifying THAT type of woman. If I were single and a man wanted to date me, he'd know pretty fast (I think it's in my profile) some of my main passions. For example, hockey is one, and dogs/animals causes is another. If he wanted a sure fire fun first date, of course, anything hockey related would be interesting to me. If it's too expensive, he could also suggest we hang out at the local dog park - I would be in heaven. I love that place. The common theme here is he paid attention to me, my style, my expectations, my interests. Some women are a walk in the park type, some are the "pick me up in a limo" type, some are just comfortable meeting for coffee - -you can get a sense of this from some interaction and go from there. There is no blanket solution. Akasha
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