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BEING IN LOVE VS WEDDING RINGS

2012-01-08T04:15:00.000-08:00

BEING IN LOVE VS WEDDING RINGS

Being in love is more like wedding rings in terms of assurance and commitment. A wedding ring is also a form of assurance except that it comes with different conditions.

A wedding ring symbolizes a start of a family. So basically you are assuring each other that you are starting a family together. A wedding ring has also a time limit: death.

As the saying goes: ‘til death do us apart’. So for a marriage to work, it needs both assurances: ‘being in love’ and ‘wedding ring’. Some cultures don’t wear wedding rings on their finger but they do have things similar to a wedding ring and that plays the same role of a wedding ring.

A marriage cannot work without the couple being in love. A marriage built on false love is doomed to fail. Being in love gives the guarantee that you will be nice to your partner and the wedding ring gives a guarantee to your partner that you will start a family together. Starting a family together doesn’t necessarily mean raising children. You can raise dogs, cats etc together. Starting a family simply means turning your house into a home.

Now, there are a lot of people who are married but not in love. Marriage has taken a whole new level nowadays. People marry not for all the right reasons. To some, it is financial security, to other’s it is to be accepted in society and to others it is a cliché and some marry because they just don’t have anything better to do.

There are still a lot of people who marry for the right reasons and are in love with each other. People who marry, and are not in love and later have kids, end up raising kids with psychological problems. These kids end up growing to be serial killers, rapists, armed robbers etc. Hate begets hate. A tree of love produces fruits of love.

If you plant a mango tree, a mango tree will grow. If you raise a loving kid, a loving kid will grow. If you raise a kid in a house without love, a man with hatred will be produced.

Parents nowadays tell their kids to stand up for themselves and not to listen to anyone. Thus the kids block themselves from the words of wisdom because they are told from an early age not to listen to anyone.

School kids won’t even listen to their teachers. Parents won’t even give their kids advice on how to be a good citizen. They won’t bother to raise their kids to be respectable people in society. They have given up their parental role to the media, TV stations and radio stations.

When parents are forsaking their parental roles, they are no longer raising children but killers.

This will soon be a world of killers unless parents wake up and start doing their job of raising better, respectable, smart kids.

In order to do so, you need to raise kids in a loving environment, in a home full of love and not hate, in a marriage based on being in love.

ABUSES OF BEING IN LOVE

2012-01-06T08:26:00.000-08:00

ABUSES OF BEING IN LOVE

1, Infatuation – This is where you so much want to be in love, that when you are with someone you mistake anything they do for you as they are being in love with you. There is a very fine line between being in love and being infatuated. Being in love is an action thing. You are assured all the time that someone loves you from what they do. Even when they do something wrong, they make it up to you and don’t continue doing it. Infatuation is in the head. Your belief of being in love outweighs anything bad that the person might do to you. And the small nice things the person does once in a while assures your mind that you are right. You assume that you are really in love even if you in actual fact aren’t. You ignore the bad signals and accept the good signals.

2, Lust – This is where your desire for sex over runs your well being and you mistake that as being in love. You don’t care about anything else as long as you are constantly having sex. You are so focused on your sexual desires that even when the person is not right for you, it doesn’t matter as long as you are having sex. Even if you know that what you doing is wrong, you don’t care (as in teacher-student relationships). Your desire to have sex with each other outweighs the consequences that might follow. In some cases your well being deteriorates such that you gain a lot of weight and you don’t care as long as you are having sex with that person. You neglect your commitment to your body and livelihood.

Most people are in lust and just want to have sex all the time. They don’t have time for anything else. But unfortunately we live in a world where you can’t spend the entire day after day having sex. You have to live, you have to survive and you have to enjoy life doing other things. And you have to associate with other people.

3, Sacrificial – This is where you know someone hurts you all the time but you hope he or she will change. You sacrifice your happiness for something that isn’t there. Most people in this situation keep saying ‘he or she will change’. Even though deep down they know the person won’t change, they hope that he or she might change. They are scared to move on and be alone. With some girls they feel that if they leave the guy, they won’t find someone else. They feel no one else will love them so they hope that the guy they are with might change his behavior. And despite the mistreatment, there are also some good things that they like about the guy. Most guys who allow this to happen feel that the girl is too good for them and they are lucky enough that she’s with them despite the fact that she hurts him.

People are naturally lazy finding the person that is right for them because it involves risk. They don’t want to risk being turned down as this will make them feel unwanted.

Everybody wants to be loved and wanted but sometimes you can never know if someone loves and wants you until you get close to them and let them know how you feel about them.

People should realize that rejection is normal and not everyone will love you but also not everyone will hate you.

You can’t be with someone you know doesn’t love you just because you are scared that no one will ever love you.

The time wasted being with someone you don’t love could have been spent finding someone you love

Good things only happen to those who look for them, and not to those who wait for good things to happen to them.

Life is unfair to those who don’t play fair. If you waste your time with someone you don’t want or who doesn’t want you, then you will definitely have problems in your relationships and life.

4, Foolish love – This is where someone hurts you and you blame yourself. It follows the phrase ‘it’s my fault’. Even though the evidence is there that he is deliberately hurting you, you keep blaming yourself; ‘Maybe I don’t love him/her enough’.

If someone can’t love you for who you are and what you give them, then they won’t love you no matter how much you try to change.

Most people in this situation are those that are insecure or have low self-esteem. They don’t believe they are good enough for their partner. They feel their partner is justified to hurt them because they don’t listen to them or fulfill their need. It follows phrases like ‘I asked for it, only if I had kept quiet this wouldn’t have happened’.

It’s called foolish love because the person involved is stubborn. He/she doesn’t want to acknowledge their partner’s wrong doing. They will even go to great lengths to protect their partner’s cruelty to them. For example: a woman being beaten by her partner will cover her bruises or injuries. When asked what happened, they will probably say ‘I fell down’. If pressured they will say ‘It’s my fault’. It’s never the partner’s fault. Also the fact that their partner is sometimes good to them, makes them want their partner more because they miss the good things which the rarely get. The little attention and nice things they get, means a lot more to them than to a girl who gets these things all the time.

Thus they protect the little attention and good things they get from their partner by blaming themselves for every wrong that their partner does. That is why it’s so important that before you live with someone you should learn to live alone, because, if you can’t learn to live on your own you fall into this trap. You end up having to put up with these abuses of being in love.

Being in love is a good thing and it should stay a good thing. If it’s not good, then it’s not love and it’s time for you to move on.

Don’t put yourself in misery just for the sake of an idea. Live the idea, don’t just imagine it and pretend it’s happening when it’s not.

WHY DO PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE

2012-01-05T02:04:00.000-08:00

WHY DO PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE

There are a number of reasons why people fall in love. Some people fall in love for the right reasons. Others do it out of lack of confidence. They do not want to be alone, which is not a good enough reason. We’ll look at the two grounds: the right reason and the wrong reason.

1. Right Reasons

Here, people fall in love because they want to offer someone something good that they have. They want to be with someone not as to depend on him or her but to share their life with them. They have something good to offer and they want something good in return. They want to spend time with someone not because they are scared to be alone but because they enjoy the other person’s company. They are not in the relationship with closed eyes but open eyes. They can see all; the good and bad happening, and they are ignoring the bad because they are scared to be alone, or because they feel embarrassed that it’s happening to them.

Being in love is about giving and receiving what is good. Please, underline the word good. Most people miss this point. A lot of people love the idea of being in love but not the actual fact. If many people understand the real reason of being in love and what being in love is, there would be less divorce, heartbreaks, suicides, violence and anything else that is related to bad breakups or bad relationships.

How can you tell someone you love him or her when you cheating on him or her. How can you tell someone that you love him or her when you can’t even stand the way him or her treats you.

How can you say that you are in love when you always fight? How can you say that you are in love when you don’t have the same goals? He wants to have children and you don’t to have children. The relationship is doomed from the start. You are only together because you don’t want to be alone. You love the idea of being in love but you are not actually living it. You can’t be in love if you are not in love.

The other reason why people fall in love is because people like to be treated nicely. They like to live in a good environment and be with people who know and understand them. In essence love does fulfill this. You can get this kind of environment from your family or friends or strangers but it is not within a time frame. It can end anytime and also family, friends and strangers won’t always have time for you. They have their own lives to live. So as much as they love you, they can’t guarantee that they will always here for you.

People also have sexual needs and thus they also want to be in an environment where that need, will be met when necessary. Thus, being in love ‘guarantees’ both of this: the niceness and the sex. Thus a person is free to do whatever he or she wants, knowing that he or she have someone who cares for their person and is ‘always’ there for him or for her physically, emotionally and sexually. This is the ultimate human desire and every human being seeks to achieve this point of their life (being in love).

Most of the time, this has been achieved through heterosexual relationships and in a few cases, which is now becoming many and common, through same sex relationships.

People in same sex relationships can equally be in love just as much as people in heterosexual relationships.

Because being in love is about assurance. Whoever gives you the assurance is the one you fall in love with. It even makes it easier if you have a lot in common.

A twenty-years old girl can fall in love with a sixty-years old man and vice versa. And it has happened in a lot of cases where people with a big age gap have fallen in love.Anyone can fall in love but not all do it for the right reasons.

2. Wrong Reasons

There are a lot of people who fall in love for the wrong reasons and because of this, they can’t be in love. Being in love is a wonderful thing and some people just like the idea of it.

But in order to be in love, you have to be in love with someone. And this is where the trouble arises. Because some people love the idea of being in love so much, they end up falling in love with the first person that is a little bit nice to them. They don’t take their time to know the person. And even if the person shows signs of hurting them in the future, they ignore the signs. They are more concerned about being with someone, than being with someone who really loves and cares about them. It takes a long time to know a really good person but it only takes a short time to know a bad person. A good person is there but you just don’t notice because you are too busy looking everywhere else other than next to you. A bad person is at a far distance, all you have to do is look up and they will come over to you. A lot of people (girls especially) are scared of being alone. Thus they always end up falling for the wrong person because their logic mind is clouded with the desire to be with someone, anybody that shows interest in them. They don’t assess the person. All they care about is that he/she doesn’t come on to strongly. They don’t care about his looks, what he does for a living, his interests and future plans. We are constantly told not to worry about these things; looks, money etc. But if you are going to commit to someone, you will have to do so knowing how, the lack of or having these things will affect your relationship in the future. Most relationships end because people change their minds. For example, they hook up with someone without money and they don’t have money either. It seems good at first with all the love and sex but you have to survive as well. And so when the times get tough, they pull out of the relationship. They can’t handle having no money and this leads to them to do more worrying and struggling than loving and enjoying life.

I should point out that there are a lot of people who have had successful relationships with only a little bit of money. Money isn’t everything to those who can live without it.

In another case, someone would go out with a fairly unattractive person because they don’t want to be alone. They ignore the unattractiveness instead of accepting it. The relationship is good at first because of all the adrenaline of being with someone new and the sex offered. Thereafter, the adrenaline goes down and they are forced to look at the person and realize that they can’t handle their unattractiveness and start looking for a way out of the relationship. Any quarrel or opportunity to meet someone else is taken as a reason to breakup.

Most relationships are not over, on the day someone says it’s over, but weeks, months or years in advance. You were just looking for the perfect time to tell someone and also the embarrassment of not being able to honor your commitment, love puts you off from telling that person until you are discovered of cheating on them, or forced to, out of anger during an argument.

People also fall in love to show off. The love the idea of being in love so much and they don'’ want to be left out. They want everyone to see that they can be loved as well.

There are the ones who normally talk about their partner and how much they love them, all the time to their friends. There is a difference between being happy and showing off. To them it’s not just a matter of I have a wonderful partner but, see what he did for me, look at us, observe closely, keep watching, listen. The whole relationship is superficial. It’s a show mostly put up for their friends and anyone in close proximity. This is a relationship that doesn’t involve planning for the future, sharing ideas, growing together. But it’s more of being together for everyone to see that you are not alone.

A lot of young girls fall into this. A lot of young guys love to show off too.

People should realize that there is nothing wrong with being single because it gives you time to make yourself a better person for your partner.

A lot of time is spent and wasted looking for the right person instead of making yourself the right person. Instead of looking for Mr. Right, be Ms. Right, and Mr. Right will find you, and vice versa.

If you want something good, you should be willing to offer something good

We live in a world where we spend a lot of time asking ‘what can you give me?’ rather than asking ‘what will I give you?’

If you get without giving, you are most likely to lose what you ge

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1st Date Advice

2012-01-03T07:41:00.000-08:00

"1st Date Advice"

First dates can be a stressful time for most people. This is especially true for the guy who’s been out of the dating scene for a while.

This stress comes from the common fears about not knowing what to say or do with someone you know very little about. Fears about things going badly and rejection also play a big part.

Knowing what to do is the best way to cope with this stress. Here are a some first date pointers.

1.) It’s probably not the best idea to take her to a movie. Why is that? Because you can’t do any talking which makes it impossible to find out what sort of person she is.

It’s also done too much. Doing the usual standard stuff isn’t the recipe for a fun date.

You could try an activity based date such as hiking, skiing, wine tasting, amusement park, driving range, or a softball game. Knowing something of your date’s interests helps a lot with your choice of place or activity.

After you’ve finished your activity, eating out at a nice place is a good idea. Avoid going to a super expensive or fancy place as this makes it seem as if you’re trying very hard to impress her or buy her.

2.) This is obvious to most but surprisingly there are some who need to be reminded: personal hygiene is important for a first date. A bath or shower, deodorant, shave, brushing teeth, and mouthwash. Don’t overlook this because you’re pressed for time or are nervous.

3.) Wear clean and attractive clothes. A bad first impression will make the rest of the date an uphill struggle. Of course what you’ll be doing affects your attire.

Don’t forget to leave the old shoddy shoes at home. Women have this thing about a nice pair of shoes.

4.) Think in advance about some general conversation strategies. Too many silences equate to a boring date. Start out with some small talk about current events or something you notice in your immediate environment that’s interesting or unusual.

Once she’s relaxed, you might change the conversation to getting to know one another. Ask open ended questions and listen very carefully for any points that you have in common.

Conversation is a give and take thing. Talk to much about yourself and you’re a bore. Ask too many questions and you become an interrogator.

5.) If you’re using your car to pick up your date, make sure it’s in good condition. Don’t get stuck on a road at night in a broken down car. Also be sure that your car is cleaned out and has no lingering odors. There’s no better way to turn off your date than to make her sit in a dirty and cluttered car.

6.) Don’t overlook bringing enough money or credit on your first date. Although some women will offer to pay, it’s still customary for the man to pick up the tab. Bring enough to allow some flexibility about where you go or eat.

7.) Being relaxed is the key to making your date comfortable, having a good time, and connecting with her. Excessive nervousness makes you appear as lacking confidence which is a turn off. Don’t place any big expectations on the outcome of your date. You’re out to have fun with an interesting perso

What Do Women Want In A Man

2012-01-02T04:44:00.001-08:00

"What Do Women Want In A Man?"

It’s easy to see why so many guys are confused and clueless about what women really look for in a man. Women sometimes voice a desire for one type of man but then actually choose the opposite type for their mate.

Why is this? The answer is that when women communicate their ideal man, they are expressing a well thought out opinion. This opinion is formulated in the thinking part of the brain. It draws on their past experiences and balances out a lot of pro’s and con’s. It’s logical and makes a lot of sense.

But the mechanism of attraction isn’t based on logic. It’s based on “chemistry”, on how a man makes a woman feel. Men are guilty of this too when it comes to the type of women that arouse us. These subconscious motivators are very powerful.

A woman may say that she wants a guy that listens to what she has to say. But then she chooses a man that dominates the conversation. Or maybe she wants a guy with a good sense of humor, but dates a man with big muscles or a man with lots of money.

While being a good listener is a great skill for keeping a relationship healthy, you can’t have a relationship until you’ve succeeded in attracting her interest in you as a sexual entity.

As you know, the reason for the attraction between men and women is to propagate our species. Getting pregnant may be the last thing on her mind when she sizes up a man. But the attraction that she feels is a subconscious search for a good father for her children. Back when we were all hunter/gatherers, a good father was a someone who could provide for his mate and his children. This was a man who had the strength and confidence to bring home the bacon, not someone who listened to his mate.

Women need men who are good providers, men who can ensure stability for her babies. For this reason a financially secure man has a better chance of landing a woman than an unemployed man.

A woman also needs to perceive that a man will be generous with his resources. A man that’s skillful at the hunt but refuses to share the food with his family makes for a poor mate. That’s why the giving of gifts has always been a part of the courtship ritual. A generous man is a good provider. This could very well be the origin the engagement ring tradition. It demonstrates that a man has the resources and the willingness to share it with his mate and her children.

So before you can have a relationship, you must succeed in attracting her first. In those first minutes of meeting a new woman, you’ll need to display that you’re a confident, healthy, strong, powerful male. This is what women really want in a man. This triggers that initial animal attraction that evolution has wired into her.

7 Tips To Get Over Your Ex Boyfriend

2011-12-28T04:50:00.000-08:00

"7 Tips To Get Over Your Ex Boyfriend"

Are you going through a break up with a boyfriend? This situation can affect your mind, body and soul in a bad way if you were once madly in love with him. Try to be with people who really care about you and can understand your emotions. You need to be mentally strong when in this situation. If you have the right people around you then it can ease out the situation a bit. If you are really determined to get over your ex boyfriend it should not be too painful if your mind is made up.

(1) You should not be alone after the break up. Try to be in group of friends. When you are alone you will think and ask why the breakup happened over and over again and thus making you feel worse. You should go and seek the company of good friends whom you have not seen or contact for a long time

now.(2) Other thing that is a must to do is cleaning up all the things which remind you of your past. It includes books, gifts, cards, dresses or anything. Throw all these things away. When he is no longer in your life then why should these things remain around you?

(3) Another good tip is to make yourself as busy as you can so your mind is never idle to think about him. The best thing you should do to forget your ex boyfriend is to work hard and succeed in your career, studies or business. Hard work is never wasted. Please remember you would surely get rewards for the hard work you do.

(4) You should take care of your eating pattern as well. People react differently in these situations. Some people start eating junk food and some people lose all their appetite. You should take healthy food in these times. In a healthy body only good thoughts can come. Please make sure you take your meals timely and not forgetting taking good nutritious diet.

(5) Another good way to get over your ex boyfriend is through doing exercise. Exercising is a good way of keeping yourself busy and it takes out all frustration as well. And at the same way you would also be making yourself fit. You can go for aerobics or exercise at the gyms, jogging or swimming.

(6) Good honey is like food of the soul. You should listen to soothing music which can make you feel at calm and peace. You can even start partying with your friends or you can go on trips or long drive. Just do what you like to do and which makes you feel happy and feel being single once more.

(7) To get over your ex boyfriend means you should not expect any calls from him on your mobile. Please keep your mobile away. Never try to contact him again otherwise you will end up worsening the situation.

How to Get Over Your Boyfriend

2011-12-28T04:43:00.000-08:00

"How to Get Over Your Boyfriend"

Breaking up in any romantic relationship is challenging and especially when your breakup is with your boyfriend is tough to get over your ex from your heart and soul. Everything all-around you is meaningless and the only solace only is when you might be isolated from the world around you which keeps reminding you of him.

The most effective way to get him out of your mind is to face the facts honestly. You can never get over your ex by keeping him out of your thoughts. You need to look at his thoughts right in the eye and access your feelings. Slowly see how considerably he has occupied your life, accept the emptiness he has left behind. See how liberated you seem now after he left. You will probably be surprised that life itself was a great misery when you both were together. Fear of breakup would have driven you crazy and also you have compromised quite a few times just to create it work for you both. However you might be a free bird that has dropped all bondage and is free now.

Relationship is often a bondage you can accept and move on to enjoy your newly discovered freedom. The future is packed with pleasant surprises. You could possibly find a far better guy or stay away from any serious relationship for now. The full option to rule your world is yours and not him anymore.

It is not that significant why he left and please do not try to look for a feasible answer. Even if you get an answer you will nonetheless be miserable and may feel a whole lot worse and will end up having much more doubts to clear and several questions to clarify. He on his part may well have 1001 reasons to call it quits, while you just have just a reason to remain together. So face the truth, understand the truth and move on and life without having him.

Just think of every happy moments you can spend without fretting and fuming on somebody who had always given you a great deal of headache. Do not compromise with him who treated you bad and made you appear like a fool. Live on and show that your relationship together with him didn’t actually affect you. Look out for new friends, appreciate your aloneness, consider of other methods to engage and keep you satisfied. Get over your ex boyfriend and live the life you deserve.

How to Choose a Gift for Your Friends

2011-12-25T01:39:00.000-08:00

"How to Choose a Gift for Your Friends"

Steps

Know your friend's interest. If she/he loves dogs, it's useless to buy him/her a toy cat. If she/he is allergic to cheese, it wouldn't be nice to give him/her some cheddar cheese as a gift.If you are a very good friend or a close one then you probably know their likes and dislikes but in case its a new friendship and you don't know all that much then check out his/her Facebook profile or any other social networking profile,he/she may have mentioned something in there. If that's not enough, then talk to his/her other friends or better parents, siblings. Or ask him/her indirectly. Ask what is the best gift that he/she has ever received or the worst. You'll probably get some idea. All you need to do is observe and do some research regarding your friend that's all.

Make a budget. The rule is: The older and closer you are to him/her, the more expensive. That doesn't mean that you have to buy him/her a car. It means that if you aren't that good friends, you don't need to buy him/her such a costly present. A key chain, notepad or pen would be an ideal gift if your budget isn't that big. Or you can simply make something for your friend. Put your own creativity to good use. Your friend will be really happy to see that you have put your time and effort just for him/her.

Take someone along with you. While you are shopping for the gift take someone along with you if you want. If the person is a common friend then its even better. As he/she will be able to help you make a choice. Because at times we tend get confused in the gift shop because of so many choices.

Wrap it. The wrapping does count. If you wrap it up with newspapers, that doesn't seem too attractive. Tie it up with a ribbon,use some stickers,glitters,write a nice and sweet message in calligraphic handwriting if the space permits and that'll be perfect.

Include a note or a card. No anonymous people here. It is rude to have people guessing about the giver. Again you can write nice and short and sweet message on the card. Or a write a poem if your friend is that special. It will make his/her day.

Record it. If there is absolutely nothing you are able to come with then simply record a nice message and gift that CD to your friend.

Tips

Make sure your friends won't be unhappy with your gift. For instance, if your friend is a of a particular nationality, and you give him/her a joke book on that nationality, he or she probably won't like it very much.

Sometimes cards are more meaningful than the actual gift. Write about how much you appreciate your friend, it'll stand out.

Warnings

Keep in mind that the love and affection with which you are gifting is more important than cost of the gift. So don't fuss over it too much.

What Gift should I give to a girl On first meet up

2011-12-25T01:29:00.000-08:00

"What Gift should I give to a girl On first meet up"

Steps

Admit to yourself that if you must consult this guide, you don't know the recipient well enough to give a gift that will be both personal and appreciated. This is okay, and not meant in any way as an affront to you, the gift-giver.
Assume that the best possible solution is to give a gift that the recipient will enjoy and appreciate, at the possible cost of intimacy.

Consider the recipient's general interests. Does she like books, music, makeup, or fashion? If you can say with certainty that she is somewhat interested in any of these things, you have already won half the battle.

Pick one of the above listed fields (or come up with one of your own, but try to stick to a broad general category).

Buy a gift certificate in whatever amount you deem appropriate from a retailer in said field.

Enclose the gift certificate in a nice greeting card upon which you have written a personal message in addition to the one provided by the card. It shows you care.

Tips

A gift subscription to a magazine like Cosmo, Glamour, Elle, etc. is really cool, just ask her parents first if a) she has a subscription already and b) if she ever reads a certain type of magazine. Jane is a really great magazine for cool young hipsters!
Clothing, as a general category in which to purchase a gift certificate, is a bit trickier than the other categories mentioned. If you decide to purchase a gift certificate from a clothing retailer, stick with a retailer that sells a broad variety of simple styles... American Apparel and Urban Outfitters are two suggestions.
Make sure the gift certificate is of a substantial enough amount to afford a purchase of at least one item from said retailer (i.e., a $10 gift certificate to Banana Republic will not cut the proverbial mustard).
If none of the above suggestions satisfy you, you can always buy her an iPod.
Money is never tacky unless it's dollar bills.

Warnings

Avoid stuffed animals of any kind. (In case She's 18 or Elder, not 8.)
Every teenage girl in America has already received, by age eighteen, enough candles, journals, incense, and body splash to last her a lifetime. Nothing is intrinsically wrong with these items, but unless the recipient is a known and avid collector, they scream "insipid gift."
Cheap toiletries wreak havoc for sensitive skin, smell awful and clutter up a teen's bathroom. Especially don't buy weird unbranded toiletries that come in a bundle or basket.
Your teen may lose your trust if you say "I'll choose".

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How To Start A Conversation With A Girl – Part 2

2011-12-24T08:13:00.000-08:00

"How To Start A Conversation With A Girl – Part 2"

Continued from part 1.

Second Stage – Zeroing in on some commonality through testing, exploration, trial and error, and keen observation. In other words, you’ll be fishing around for something in common. When she’s talking, pay close attention and listen very carefully to what she says and how she says it.

Listen, watch, and note the body language. You’re looking for a common topic that you’ll both find interesting. If her emotion picks up or she talks a great deal about something, then you’ll know that she has an interest or is passionate about the topic.

Try disclosing something about yourself and look for any indication of interest. Watch to see which of your words cause her eyes to light up. Your discussion topic may not interest her but it may touch on topics that do.

For instance, you may be talking about whale watching in Alaska and notice that she doesn’t seem to care about whales or Alaska. But you do notice that her eyes lit up at the mention of the ocean cruise ship that you took to get there. This is your cue to forget the Alaskan whales and to talk about ocean cruise ship vacations in general.

You need to be flexible and allow the conversation to go in whatever direction her words and reactions take it. Remember, you’re fishing for common interests, so don’t fixate on one topic.

Third Stage – Making a connection at a deep level. If you make it this far, you’ve just earned her real phone number or (as the case may be) a second date with her. At this point you are going deeper into the interests and passions that you both want to talk about.

You will want to home in on values and beliefs. On your sense of who you are and her sense of who she is. What things matter the most? You can even ask her “What do you feel is most important about such and such?”

Your first conversation with a stranger is something that you should take charge of. It doesn’t have to be hit or miss. You shouldn’t leave it to chance or to the other person that something will take hold and develop.

Be careful to keep the conversation a 50-50 exchange. Always be aware of the give and take process of a conversation. Give too much and you’re dominating the conversation and the other person feels they can’t get a word in at all. You become a bore.

Take too much and the conversation becomes an interrogation. You’ll also come across as being secretive, as someone who doesn’t want to talk about himself.

How To Start A Conversation With A Girl – Part 1

2011-12-24T07:55:00.000-08:00

"How To Start A Conversation With A Girl – Part 1"

The gift of gab is not a gift. It’s a skill. Like other skills such as playing the guitar or driving a car, it can be learned. A big reason why many guys find dating and meeting women difficult is the whole conversation thing.

What do you say exactly? How do you start it in a way that seems relaxed and natural? How do you keep it going? And most important, how do you connect with this beautiful girl you’ve just met?

Knowing how to converse with anyone whether male or female is indispensable today. It’s usefulness isn’t limited to meeting women.

There’s things like job interviews, enjoying yourself at social gatherings, making friends, fitting in at work, getting new clients, etc., etc. The list is endless.

What I’m going to present here is a kind of formula that can be used to start the conversation, then learn more about the other person, and then establish a connection. Unlike some of the other posts here, this formula doesn’t require humor or playfulness or flirtation. It’s a basic bread and butter technique at making the other person comfortable and creating relaxed and flowing conversation.

Using this technique isn’t going to set you up as a clever and witty conversationalist. But it can open many doors.

When talking with a stranger, your conversation will naturally progress through three stages.

First Stage – Getting the conversation started with superficial small talk. When I was much younger, I used to wonder why so many people delighted in talking about superficial little nothing topics. Back then I didn’t realize that unless you can read minds, you haven’t the faintest idea what a total stranger is interested in.

Taking the direct approach and asking, “Hey there, what are your interests?” is intrusive. Hence the need for small talk. It’s what gets things going when you know absolutely nothing about a person.

Small talk touches on those everyday small things that everyone experiences and can relate to. It can also include popular items that most people would know about. If almost everyone experiences it or knows about it, then it’s small talk.

So when you’re thinking about your first date with a girl you hardly know and you’re asking yourself “what will I talk about?” The answer is small talk. You will want to keep it simple at first to get the other person involved.

Talking about the weather is a classic. Saying “nice day!” is too generic and boring. But if the weather is unusual or extreme in some way, then it’s perfect.

Small talk can also be related to the situation you’re in. As with talking about the weather, it helps if the situation is unusual or interesting. But even an extremely boring situation can be the subject of some great humor. It helps to be observant about things and people.

Here’s a good small talk exercise that doesn’t involve talking to anyone at all: Go for a walk in a place that’s full of people and do some people watching. Look at what a person is wearing, carrying, and also observe her immediate environment. From what you see, can you deduce anything about the person? Is there something you can make a comment about if you were initiating some small talk? Anything on her person that you’re knowledgeable about?

With enough repetition of this little exercise, making observations will become easy and automatic. A little creativityhere and there can be helpful. For instance, your small talk can combine more than one observation.

If you were in the park on a very hot day and you notice a woman with a Siberian husky panting from the heat, you can express sympathy for the dog. You can suggest that you know of a pond (that you observed earlier) that the husky can cool off in. And so on.

Continued in part 2…

Where To Meet Women – Five Places

2011-12-23T22:48:00.000-08:00

"Where To Meet Women – Five Places"

Bars, nightclubs, and parties have a bad reputation for a lot of men and women alike. The atmosphere is loud and harsh. Alcohol is flowing and people are drunk.

Women have their defenses dialed all the way up. How are they to know that you aren’t just another low life pick up artist? Their suspicions and defenses are justified because many losers set up shop in these kinds of places.

Here are some alternatives with a relaxed setting where women have their guard down:

1.) Bookstores. A Bookstore is a great non-threatening spot to meet women. Unlike the loud, smoke filled, alcohol laden bar, a bookstore is a pleasant cozy place.

Bookstores have narrow aisles allowing you to get within close proximity of women without setting off defensive alarms. At any point you can switch from researching books to researching women and back again.

A great benefit to bookstores is that a woman’s interests are as transparent as the title of the book she’s holding or name of the aisle that she’s browsing in. Want to meet women that share your particular interests? Just hang around the book aisles or magazine racks that interest you. Women browsing in these places will have the same interest.

Want to do some field research into what topics are most popular with women? Just find the spots in the store that have the most women browsers.

Perhaps the best bookstores of all are a combination bookstore and coffee shop. After chatting it up with someone in front of a magazine rack, you can ask if she’d like a coffee and you’ve now progressed on to your first ‘date’.

2.) Dog Parks (or any park that people walk their dogs). Own a dog? If you do and you really love dogs, then you have a place to meet women (the park), an approach strategy (let your dog approach the girls dog), and something in common to talk about (take a guess).

Women are attracted to men that love animals, because to them it probably means that you’re good with kids which makes you good father material. Getting married and having kids may be the last thing on a woman’s mind, but never the less she will find you more attractive. This attraction operates on a subconscious level.

3.) Any place that involves a lot of waiting. A good example of such a place is the DMV. The waiting can last for hours and chat of any kind is a welcome relief from the boredom. Because of the long waiting times, there is ample opportunity to get to know a woman very well.

4.) At a gym. This is your chance to show off your athletic body and to allow it to do some of the ‘selling’ for you. Gyms are great because the women you meet there frequent it on a regular basis. Because she’s already seen you there several times before, she’s already familiar with you. This makes approaching her a great deal easier.

5.) At work. If your reason for being unattached is the long hours that you put into your job, then perhaps that special someone is a coworker a few cubicles down who’s also putting in long hours. Think about it, it’s late and it’s just you and her without the usual day time distractions.

Talking To A Girl – What To Do If Your Mind Goes Blank

2011-12-23T07:48:00.000-08:00

"Talking To A Girl – What To Do If Your Mind Goes Blank"

For most guys, there will be times when in the course of a conversation with a girl, the topic being discussed comes to an end and they can’t think of what to say next.

It isn’t because there’s nothing left to say, it’s because they’re temporarily stuck. If they had a little more time they could get unstuck but the girl is standing there waiting.

The pressure is on and something has to be said now! If you allow the conversation to end awkwardly, you’ll probably kill any chances of generating attraction with her. So what do you say?

When this happens you should tell an interesting or funny personal story. We’ve all been captivated by someone who has a really good story to tell. Story telling is used a lot by the news media.

Most news pieces start with a story of how an event has affected someone personally. This is a standard technique and it’s used because it works.

The idea is to have a lot stories about yourself as the main character. You can use these to get through those moments when your mind suddenly goes blank. These stories should have been thought about and even practiced on people well in advance.

Everyone who has a life has encountered plenty of odd and humorous situations that can be elaborated on. Since these stories revolve around real things that have happened to you they are a reflection of your activities, interests, and life experiences. The stories that you tell her should revolve round things that you both have in common.

If personal story telling isn’t a normal part of your conversation, then you’ll need to start practicing on the people you normally interact with. Like humor, how it’s delivered is as important as the story itself. When engaging in small talk with strangers, try throwing in a story or two.

With enough practice storytelling should be a natural reflex. It’ll get easier to tell stories that naturally relate to whatever is being discussed.

You’ll find that some stories generate more interest and laughter than others. It’s ok to use a story more than once as long as you’re telling it to a different person. Don’t try to base your conversation completely on storytelling, because it can get tiresome if used too much. You’ll also use them up quickly and there will be nothing left for emergencies when your brain decides to blank out again.

Homemade Milk and Salt Removing Blackhead Facial Mask

2011-12-22T12:39:00.000-08:00

"Homemade Milk and Salt Removing Blackhead Facial Mask"

Ingredients:

2g salt, 5ml milk

Methods:

Blend the milk and salt;
When the salt is in a semi-dissolved state, you can use it to massage the place where there is blackhead;

Notes:

Because the salt is still not fully dissolved, so you should do the massage with very, very small force
Wash it with water after half a minute, doing the massage can not be too long;
To allow the skin to re-secrete clean grease protection, so after washing you should not apply anything to the washed skin.

Anti-Wrinkle (Homemade Grape Moistening Facial Mask)

2011-12-22T12:33:00.000-08:00

"Homemade Grape Moistening Facial Mask"

Ingredients:

seeded grapes, right amount of flour

Methods:

Squeeze the seeded grapes into juice,
Immerse the compress mask into the juice, and then apply the mask to the face. You can also add a little flour into the juice.

Effects:

Grapes have effects of oxidation resistance, anti-wrinkle, but also can moisturize skin, make your skin becomes more moist and bright.