1. In
general, men and women think and communicate differently. Learn to embrace
those differences…and never assume that anyone (male or
female) communicates or thinks the same way you do.
2. “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower
is servant to the lender.” Proverbs 22:6-8
Credit
is one thing. Debt is another thing entirely. Credit opens up options when
managed properly. Debt limits options when mismanaged. I have had several
discussions lately with couples who either have kids or are thinking of having
kids and lament not being able to have one parent or the other be able to stay
home with the kids because of debt. Eliminating debt and adjusting lifestyle to
live within your means on one income opens up the possibility of doing things
because you want to instead of because you have to.
Personally, I recommend skipping credit and debt altogether. It is possible to pay cash throughout your life if you plan ahead.
3. "One
size fits all" doesn’t.
What works well for you may not work at
all for someone else. If you don’t believe me, ask me to get into a
Mazda Miata sometime. It’s not pretty.
4. Subtle
hints don't work well with men. Try using a sledgehammer.
Really.
It’s true. Men are simple creatures. If we want a beer, we say, “Would you
please get me a beer?” We don’t drop a hint like, “Gee, a beer should be nice
right now…” expecting someone to automatically know that our expressed desire
for said beer was directed at you in the expectation that you will fulfill said
desire. I once knew a guy whose pick up line was “Do you want to [screw]?”
Surprisingly, he was successful with that approach more than once.
Unsurprisingly, his rejections involved physical violence. The point being, ask
a guy directly for what you want instead of vaguely hinting. You’ll see better
results that way.
5. “Life is hard. It’s harder when you’re stupid.”
John Wayne (allegedly)
Not
knowing something is one thing. That can be fixed. Being willfully ignorant
because you don’t want to know or, worse, ignore facts you know to be true
because they don’t fit your preconceived notions of the way things should be is quite another thing entirely and quite hard to fix I might add.
Number 4. Was that man with the pickup line a UCLA law student in the mid 70's? I know a man who used that line to great success. He was also famous for never attending classes (They didn't take roll in those days) and for passing a law school exam in a subject he hadn't enrolled in nor studied for (never attending class, he walked into the wrong classroom on examination day).
ReplyDeleteHe never practiced law, though. I think it was too easy for him. He sold life insurance.
Windy, no. He was a frat boy wanna be from Allen, TX in the early 90s who wound up being a gunner on attack helicopters in the Army last I heard. Though, it's not surprising to me that there is more than one male out there pursuing that strategy.
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