15 signs you are a woman who is bad at dating and how to improve

[Dogzilla]

@Diogenes_the_Cynic

This appears to be a list of suggestions for how women can get laid. Since when do they need any help with that? All they have to do is have a pulse and stand near men.

I’m sad to report that this is simply. not. true.

[astro]

@Dogzilla

I’m sad to report that this is simply. not. true.

This is a point well taken. There are obviously places a woman can go and find someone desperate enough to have sex that they will pay attention to her. The gist of the list seems to be oriented toward getting action in terms of getting reasonably attractive or desirable men (however defined) to pay attention to you or otherwise be attracted to you, and women can fail at this, and do, all the time. Even moderately desirable men have options and they will tend to avoid women who have personality or emotional issues.

[msmith537]

@Icerigger

One observation I get from reading both Maxim & Cosmo, they are obsessed with the opposite sex but don’t really like them or want to be with them apart from sex.

@Cat_Whisperer

The list is more for getting laid than it is for dating. I suppose it is also for getting laid by hotter guys, since as has been pointed out, it isn’t too hard for most women to get sex.

Essentially all dating advice is about hiding the faults and flaws in yourself that you refuse to accept in other people. It’s not about finding a life partner or companion or anything like that. It’s about becomming the sort of girl or guy that your typical douchebag or slut would try to pick up in a bar or club for a one night stand.

[Yllaria]

@aruvqan

Funny, I always thought it was through the 3d intercostal space and up a smidge?

Oops… I knew I did something wrong

meanders off to try again

So, the buttons that say “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. . . and up under his ribcage” are inaccurate?

[Dogzilla]

@Yllaria

So, the buttons that say “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. . . and up under his ribcage” are inaccurate?

Yes. The actual end to that sentence is …" through the gaping hole in his chest."

[LurkMeister]

@aruvqan

Funny, I always thought it was through the 3d intercostal space and up a smidge?

Oops… I knew I did something wrong

meanders off to try again

@Yllaria

So, the buttons that say “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. . . and up under his ribcage” are inaccurate?

The problem with going “through his stomach…and up under his ribcage” is that it requires a longer blade than going between the ribs.

[Malacandra]

@Cat_Fight

Yeah, this isn’t a twist. This is 90 percent of their content, along with how to lose weight (so you’ll be more attractive to men), how to dress better (so you’ll be more attractive to men) and how to be good in bed (to please men). Okay, there are some good bits, too, but lining up a Cosmo article on getting some alongside a Maxim article on getting some is kind of funny.

I thought that women dieted, exercised and dressed up in order to feel more attractive in themselves? I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been angrily told it’s not for men’s benefit. Also, Cosmo sex advice always struck me as more about how to get better orgasms.

@Cat_Fight

Also, any man can get laid if he’s standing and has a pulse, as long as he sets his standards low enough. What’s that, he doesn’t want to? Neither do women.

Perhaps the “low enough” bar differs. I mean, I was prepared to accept fat, unlovely, fourteen years my senior and a bunch of personality flaws all in one great package, and it was often still not enough. Admittedly I never went hunting for an incontinent senile septuagenarian, so call me Mr Picky if you like. :dubious:

[aruvqan]

@Dogzilla

Yes. The actual end to that sentence is …" through the gaping hole in his chest."

But to make the gaping hole I’d need bolt cutters or something to take care of that pesky sternum and rib plate…I can manage to carry a knife with my crutches, but I don’t think I could manage bolt cutters also :dubious: