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<< you know, now i'm wondering.....
of the girls here...do you prefer nice guys who open doors, pay for dates ALL the time, and buy flowers just because (not to apologize) or do you want bad boys who are out lookin for a "roll in the hay" as i read earlier?
i tend to be a conservative (i.e. dork) guy who is really stubborn when it comes to dates - i refuse to let the girl pay! this seems to bother some girls i date, what about y'all? >>
I'm all for traditional (though in a long term dating relationship, I think it's fair to take turns paying). I really want a guy who doesn't feel like he has to do anything for me but who still likes to do things to make me happy. Opening doors and stuff is something every parent should teach their sons, IMHO. Just gimme a guy who really cares for me and works to show it in whatever way he can. And I'll reciprocate. As for the bad boys, if I want to tame an animal, I'll buy a greenbroke horse.
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HC, chuckling here, I told ya you may want to keep some iodine handy for dem dere cuts...

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drogue, look mate, it may come as a shock to you but females are *gasp* human beings !!! (take notes here, straight from the horse's mouth, HeHe [referense to BNW for those if you still asleep]). They are just like you (well except for a minor difference in certain anatomical features). So treat them as human beings first and then as specialized human beings who have their own world (which BTW is unimaginably rich) and their own tendencies, which are actually so diverse that's it's nearly impossible to generalize. So you may find a person who is ultra liberal feminazi who, as soon as you mention being nice and paying will tear your head off with tales of phallo-centricity in modern mass western culture and the disparity between genders in a male-dominated economy. I find these people extremely entertaining but most others, maybe even you, don't, so avoid them. If you're in a position where you see a person being upset that your stubborn arse wants to pay and if you really do not want to cooperate, then spend a few minutes to explain why doing this is important to you and why you refuse for it to be any other way. Heck, your date may even find it oddly charming. I'm reminded of Zenmervolt's coinage of this as "an ideological throwback into the 50's"
What am I babbling about here?
Oh right. The people who are driven primarily by sex usually have health issues (look at my treatment of this in the "would you ever date.. thread"). Naturally, following typical alpha male behaviors accepted within that society will likely result in sexual success. Ironically, this is not good from a long-term standpoint of mating since mating requires living and coping strategies revolving around cooperation since the 'ole power games don't work too well. So the people who follow this pattern (usually males since women as a whole are smarter

(bias warning), but I'm not stating that there is some absence of sex drive or frigidity) will want to pursue the means necessary to achieve the end goal. Most women you'd want to be with do not pursue this strategy for the reasons I already mentioned in the date thread. That leaves us with the ones who are healthy enough to pursue a long-term mating strategy (notice this is my bias, others think differently). These people, as I have mentioned, are very different and you can't say on issues like these whether all people like a particular approach. That's like taking a sieve and trying to carry water in it. Doesn't work mate. Girls may prefer the bad boys. Women prefer real men, and real men talk, not insist on paying for everything to try and make up for their recognized shortcomings. If you're even in a position where you want to pay, ask your date if she would like you to pay. There's a thought eh. It may be strange but these things are usually forgotten if you just sit and lick your eyebrows. MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. the last part was meant to be a mockery of mating behaviors.
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HC got it right (and in fewer words, I tell you they're smarter) in saying that you just have to care and make the effort to demonstrate that in word and deed. If you try and follow set patterns for mating behaviors, it generally doesn't work too well. Be yourself. And if your self seems to be revolting to others, perhaps it's time to look into going beyond your self.
Wow, soc, psych theory, religious overtones, jokes, mockery, laude, metaphors, insane and out of place outburts... I've got it all... sexxxy.
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say, can we get back to bartering about that life
HC? I may already have a buyer.
Cheers !
