Thanks to xkcd for this, please be sure to visit his site in the links at the bottom.
Most people don’t believe that this is the way things really happen, but it honestly is. There is so much demand for a guy to be confident and on top of things in the world today. Most of us start out that way, and then we experience early life, where things like this do actually happen. Girls can be viciously mean!
I’ve never appreciated the games that we play as teens and early adults. For most people they leave a bad taste in our mouths about dating, and how things work in general (I’m slightly jaded myself). Too many times I think people don’t communicate their real intentions. I also think that women are the worst about it, trapped in the fairy tale created by media that the “Knight in Shining Armor” should swoop down and rescue from the doldrums of single life.
I don’t think I have ever “swooped” but I have my own ways of being romantic…when someone communicates their intentions to me. Being open and honest is tough, I know, because there is the fear of getting rejected and hurt (like above). Guys, and girls, my one word of advice is that if you like someone, are interested in someone, or otherwise want to be involved, don’t let games and foolish ideas inspired by movies and books lead you into thinking he, or she, isn’t the one because they haven’t done exactly like you think they should have. The best romances are unscripted.
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