Friday, September 12, 2008

Hey ladies! Dante Moore wants us to be Re-Educated!

Dante Moore's recently released tome "The Re-education of Women" has attracted a lot of ire from women. He says that his book will teach women to get and keep a man. That's fair. His advice is shit but fair. It's his point of view, and maybe those of a select group of men that can't figure women out and have given up trying. So, Mr. Moore, here's the straight goods from me (my resume DOES contain marriage by the way). Women love to please their men especially in the early days of a new relationship. We'll try almost anything to entice you and perform a near flawless mating dance for you that will keep you entranced. If you notice us wearing sweats more and more, gaining weight at an unbelieveable pace and storing the make-up, well friend, we're losing interest. You've stopped making an effort and now so have we. Show me a woman (barring any hormonal influence) who would curl up in ugly sweats and sneakers when her man turns up proffering a nice dinner out and a great bottle of wine. She doesn't exist.

Let's turn this around a bit. The following is not fiction. A woman makes sure she always looks fabulous on the arm of her man. She makes sure she looks decent even when she's ill. Not because she feels she has to in order to keep her man but because she enjoys it. He, on the other hand has quickly declined from a fit, adventurous man to sitting in front of the tube, swilling booze and watching T.V. Gentlemen, according to Mr. Moore, if you won't take us out and appreciate our efforts, some bro around the corner will (to turn Mr. Moores colloquialism around from 'broad').

So the moral of the story, dear reader, is that while pandering to your man (or woman) will keep them around for a while, it won't keep them indefinitely. What makes it work is the meeting of two people more or less in the middle. Feed off of each other. Monkey see monkey do. You see him making an effort to be fit and look good, you make the same effort. If she suggests a new, fun thing to do, try it and then she will try to come up with the next fun thing to do. This is idealistic but a good recipe to try to follow. Its really kind of simple if you think about it.

There you have it and I didn't charge $14 for it.

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