Wednesday

Dating in D.C. makes top ten


By Fahima Haque

Along with retail shopping, expensive homes and being dirty, D.C. finally makes the cut for a much more coveted list: number 10 best city to find a date in 2012.

Atlanta gets the number one slot, with Gainsville, FL and Lincoln, NE rounding out the top three. D.C. is the only Northeastern city on the list.

The Daily Beast included factors like the number of singles, ratio of women to men, dating costs, the popularity of dating Web sites and the mental and emotional health of the cities respective residents.

While D.C.’s once pronounced African-American majority now hovers at about 50 percent, both the District and Atlanta are still called “Chocolate Cities” because of high numbers of African-American residents. That may increase the odds for African-Americans who are looking for a date within their race.

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Sunday

The Value of Confident Persistence


By Allen Thompson

Maybe you’ve heard the stories. Perhaps it was a relative, or a friend, or maybe you were watching a late-night talkshow and some smashingly beautiful vixen was on telling how she and her husband met.

They’re so in love. They have the perfect marriage. They can’t imagine being apart from one another.

But it didn’t begin that way.

She wasn’t, actually, very interested in him when they first met.

But he pursued her, and he was relentless. It was months, maybe even years, before she finally cracked.

But she did crack. Fell head over heels in love with him... and they’ve been living in a dream world — Happily Ever After since.

How is this possible?

I mean have you not read, more than once probably, that a woman knows within minutes of meeting a man if she’s romantically interested in him or not. Does he not get put in the doable or dontable category immediately? Friend or lover? Hot or not?

How can she eventually fall for a man who she wasn’t immediately attracted to?

Well let me fill you in.

And this “filling in” is going to relate the very essence of being a Don Juan. The very core of becoming the kind of ladies man you’ve always wanted to be.

The key to women, the key to being surrounded by women, the key to being the envy of all your friends, and the key to being a Don Juan... is Confident Persistence.

Confident Persistence consists of deciding what you want, and going for it... and doing it with a smile, despite the numerous obstacles which you will most likely encounter along the way.

Obstacles could, for example, include things like: she doesn’t return your call, she breaks or reschedules the date, she doesn’t flirt with you or laugh at your jokes, she’s hard to talk to, she seems interested in someone else, and, in general, she doesn’t put herself out or go out of the way to convey that she’s interested in you.

In other words, the obstacles are simply how a girl would act who is not highly interested in you.

Now... when we speak of Confident Persistence, we’re mainly talking about women that don’t know you. Women you’ve just met. Or women that you’ve never spent any significant amount of time with. We’re not talking about women you’ve known (and had a crush on) for years.

We employ the techniques of Confident Persistence to get the initial interest up, to get her to relax and open up, to get the phone number, and to get the first date. Confident Persistence is not an excuse for you to continue pursuing a woman that you’re crazy about, but who knows you pretty well, and has no interest in you.

Now there are basically 2 ways to deal with the situation where you’re interested in a girl, but she’s not all that crazy about you.

1) You can give up, move on, next her! And look for someone who is more interested in you.

This is a popular strategy among men who are beginning to learn the “game.” It’s the easy and safe way of dealing with women. And it’s what many guys learn to do as they get older, and begin realizing how much time they have wasted pursuing women who weren’t interested in them.

Of course, the bad thing about nexting a girl is that you don’t get the girl.

And the most common mistake that guys make when employing this strategy is nexting a woman too soon. They flirt with a woman, and she doesn’t flirt back - next. They leave a message on her machine, and she doesn’t call back - next. They plan a date but she calls at the last minute to cancel - next.

In short, they next any woman who doesn’t display immediate high interest.

What’s wrong with this you say?

Well the mistake here is that you’re filtering women based simply upon their initial level of interest in you. You’re filtering women based upon whether they are immediately attracted to you or not.

This is a weak strategy and not one employed by a true Don Juan. It reeks of low confidence, a fragile ego, and fear.

And it’s also a bad strategy.

It’s bad because you’re expecting a woman that you just met, that you may have only talked to for 3 or 4 minutes, or less, to display signs of high interest. You’re expecting some woman that you hardly know, and who hardly knows you, to get excited at the prospect of spending time with you.

Expecting immediate high interest is unrealistic!

Now, of course, it’s possible that this will happen, that she will immediately be overwhelmingly attracted to you... maybe because you are just her type physically, you remind her of someone she used to be crazy about (maybe Uncle Steve), she’s incredibly desperate at the moment, or you were really on top of your game when you approached her and managed to blow her completely out of the water.

All these things are possible, but you shouldn’t rely on them.

You see, when your strategy involves sorting women based upon initial interest levels, you’re placing your entire future into the hands of fate. If she is immediately attracted to you — great! If not — next!

Being a Don Juan is not about sorting women and nexting women. Anyone can sort women based upon their initial attraction levels. That doesn’t take any skill. All that takes is not having a fear of rejection and approaching lots of women... until you happen to luck out and find one who, for some strange unknown reason, is immediately attracted to you.

Being a Don Juan is about getting the women you want. And it’s about taking a woman who has low to moderate interest and, by following a few simple principles, converting that into high interest and, hopefully, an overwhelming desire to see you naked.

Or 2) You can pursue her.

Now the “pursuing” is where it gets tricky and complicated.

You can pursue her in such a way that you come across as being desperate, like most of your fellow Non Juans do, like most guys in this world do. Or you can pursue in such a way that you appear confident, strong, charismatic... like a Don Juan does.

So let’s talk about how a Don Juan pursues women. Let’s talk about the 6 major characteristics of confident persistence.

And remember, Confident Persistence is not just persistence. Confident Persistence is the process of displaying certain personality characteristics which actually make you more attractive to women... as you pursue them.

1) A Don Juan never gets upset.

A Don Juan is always in complete control of his emotions. He doesn’t get mad when a girl fails to return his call. He doesn’t become depressed when she breaks the date. He doesn’t get jealous when she flirts with some other guy. He doesn’t become irate when she doesn’t show up at the restaurant or she shows up late.

He doesn’t react in any of these ways because he expects these little annoyances to occur. He understands that women are flaky. Women are moody. Women are illogical and very inconsistent. (Especially women with low to moderate initial interest.)

He also understands that it’s too early to expect consistent positive behavior.

Remember, these are women who hardly know you. Maybe women you met at the mall, on the street, at a grocery store. They don’t have any reason yet to display signs of high interest. It’s your Don Juan job to give them the reasons. But that takes a little bit of time together.

Now the higher her interest level is, the less flaky, moody, illogical, and inconsistent she behaves. But we don’t really have to “pursue” highly interested women, do we?

2) A Don Juan does not worry about his ego.

Some guys are too worried about getting hurt, too worried about being taken advantage of, too worried about being made a fool of, and too worried that things are going to turn out badly... to be very effective at pursuing women.

A Don Juan does not worry about these things. A Don Juan is not afraid of rejection, he’s not afraid of being used, he’s not afraid of looking foolish, and he’s not afraid of failing.

His self-esteem is high and firmly grounded. He’s happy and loving life. And the actions of a few flaky, moody, and illogical ladies are not going to change that. And it’s this base of high self-esteem that gives him the confidence to pursue women that seem to be not all that interested in him.

You might even say that a Don Juan loves the challenge of peaking a girl’s interest, closing for the phone number, getting the first date, and then converting her low interest into high.

3) A Don Juan is not lazy.

Confident Persistence is not really necessary when the girl is highly interested in us right from the start (in other words, when we luck out). Confident Persistence is necessary when the girl has a low to moderate level of initial interest in us.

So we expect problems. We expect obstacles. We expect that she probably won’t return our call, or that she’ll cancel the date, or that she won’t show up, etc.

And we’re prepared to deal with it. We’re prepared to call again and again (until we get a definite no). We’re prepared to have dates canceled or plans altered (we always have backup plans). We’re prepared for her inconsistent and confusing behavior (and ignore it). And we’re prepared to work our way through all the obstacles, confusion, problems, and other drama in order to get what we want.

Getting women is not always easy. Sometimes we have to work a little bit. But like they say, anything worth having is worth working for.

(Special Note: there are a number of very cool strategies that one can utilize to increase the probability of her giving the number, her calling back, her accepting the date, and her actually showing up. Look for those in a future article.)

4) A Don Juan has options.

One of the main reasons a Don Juan is able to control his emotions, that he doesn’t get upset or worry about things, is that he’s always pursuing numerous women at the same time.

He realizes when he begins his pursuit of any one particular lady, that things may not work out. He may never get her and he’s fully prepared to deal with the situation. So he has other options.

Do you really think you’d sit around worrying, or get upset, or concern yourself with “protecting your ego” if you had a date with Susan on Wednesday, a date with Kelly on Friday, two other women calling you all the time, and a stack of 9 or 10 different phone numbers sitting on your dresser?

Of course not, you’d be relaxed and confident. When a girl doesn’t return your call, it wouldn’t faze you a bit. When she cancels at the last minute, you’d feel like laughing. When you see her flirting with some other guy, you’d kick back and enjoy the show.

This is not to say that you’re a player, or that you don’t prefer one woman over all the others. It’s just that you’re smart enough not to put all your eggs in one basket until you’re positive that she’s puttin all her eggs in there as well.

5) A Don Juan accepts the inevitable games and tests.

The fact that women play games and test men does not make them bad people. It just means that they have lots of options (many guys who are interested in them) and they have had to come up with tests (often administered in a non-conscious fashion) as a way of filtering their pursuers into the Average Guys and the Real Men.

If you follow the basics of being a Don Juan, you will always pass the tests and blow away the competition. So a Don Juan doesn’t worry much about these little tests.

But even if you do, even if you pass the initial tests and she becomes highly interested in you, don’t expect the tests and games to stop. Never expect that things will get logical and easy with women. They won’t.

For example, she may be very very attracted to you and still not return your phone calls, or she might break a date, or flirt with other guys, or some other such thing. Why?

Because she knows, from years of reading Cosmo and discussing “strategy” with her friends, how to play the game. She knows about playing hard to get, hot and cold, social proof, being busy, etc. And when she finds a man that she really really wants (that would be you, Don Juan), by golly, she’s going to use all these little tricks and techniques to try and keep him.

So don’t let it upset or confuse you. Take it as a compliment that she’s putting in all this effort to keep you interested.

6) A Don Juan knows that he’s special.

The entire basis for employing Confident Persistence is knowing that you are, not just a great guy, but the best guy she’s ever going to meet. You know down deep in you soul, that if you could just get a block of her time (a date or two) that you could blow her away and make her forget every other guy she’s ever known.

Beautiful women are everywhere. Go to any mall, or nightclub, or office building, or just walk down a crowded sidewalk. Beautiful women are not that rare. You see them all the time.

But you are rare. You’re a Don Juan. How many guys do you think are Don Juans? How many do you think are really good with women? Well, my friend, it’s very very few. That I know for a fact. But if I had to make an educated guess, I’d say maybe 3 out of 100 guys are good with women, and maybe 1 out of 1000 is Don Juan good with women.

If you keep these numbers in mind, if you keep in mind that the number of drop dead gorgeous women far exceeds the number of Don Juans, you begin to realize that “Hey, I’m the one who’s special here. I’m the guy that all these women are looking for.”

This must be your mindset. This is the mindset of a Don Juan.

To help crystallize the principles of Confident Persistence for you, how bout a real-life example of a Don Juan who regularly employs Confident Persistence to charm the ladies? I’m talking about the man himself, James Bond. (Okay, okay he’s not really real.)

Any Bond fan knows that James does not always have immediate success with the ladies. Sometimes the women are not interested in him, sometimes they despise him, sometimes they’re bitter evil enemies, and sometimes they actually want him dead.

Do these “minor” obstacles ever bother James? No way. Whenever a woman acts like she’s uninterested, despises him, or wishes he were dead, what does he do? He just smiles.

He knows that no woman can resist him... for long. He knows that he’s special. And he employs all of the above principles of Confident Persistence to charm and disarm the ladies.

So when playing the field of beautiful ladies, keep the principles of Confident Persistence in mind: never get upset, forget your ego, don’t be lazy, accept the tests and games, have plenty of options, and, most importantly, always remember that you’re a Don Juan and any lady would be lucky to even have a shot at you.

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Saturday

How to Cold Approach on the Street


There are tons of ways you can approach your approaches. None are fool-proof because: 1. Your tone and body language matter much more than the content. 2. Openers are worthless if you don’t got game to back them up.


The 3 Second Rule

So important. As soon as you spot your target, and she spots you it is time to make your move. Don’t think or plan, just force your body to walk up to her. This makes the approach feel more spontaneous and you don’t come off as a creepy stalker.


Dealing with Moving Targets

This is really difficult to do because most people don’t like to be interrupted when they are on their way somewhere. You are better off following from a distance to see where they end up.

I am not encouraging stalking here! The difference between stalker and Don Juan is that you approach and engage your target in a conversation. Keep this in mind.


Eye Contact

It’s amazing how many people you can actually get to say “hi” to you. All you have to do is hold eye contact with confident body language and flash a sincere yet subtle smile at them. The smile is important, make sure it is a slight smile where your eyes scrunch up a little and the corners of your lips turn up, no teeth showing. Think Mona Lisa.

This is a very inviting face to present to people and it also gives them a feeling like they already know you. Many times they will say hello, but even if they don’t, I find they are more open towards me when I start off my approach this way.


Introductory Openers

“Hi!” (smile) “Hey, how’s it goin?” “Hi my name is X, and I enjoy meeting new people. What’s your name?”

These work okay, but you better have some tight follow-up because you got less than ten seconds before she decides whether or not you are worth talking to.


Observational Openers

You take in your surroundings and also pay attention to how she is reacting to her environment, then you comment on it.

It could be anything from “Wow, the city sure is beautiful in the Spring.” to “Damn, look at the size of that guy! I seen some fat people in my life, but he takes the cake!”

It doesn’t matter as long as you open with the mentality that you already know this chick. If you can reframe your thinking to treat these hotties like they are your friends right off the bat, you are well on your way.

The first pickup I ever made in my life was using this opener. I was on the subway sitting next to this hot Asian girl and at the other end of the car were a bunch of rowdy high-school kids who were play-fighting and saying the most lewd and inappropriate things really loud, generally causing a big scene. A few older people were put-off and moved to another car.

I turned to the girl, shook my head and said, “Kids, these days”. She was like, “I know! Can you believe how these guys are carrying on? It’s so embarrassing!” We talked for a bit about the declining standards of education and how kids were getting dumberer. She laughed at my mispronunciation, and then her stop came up. As she was gathering her things to leave, I told her that the streets were a dangerous place full of stupid thugs and asked if she wanted to be escorted home by a strong man who would protect her. I was expecting her to say “no thanks” like all the other girls I had unsuccessfully tried to hit on, but she surprised me by saying “sure!” I walked her home and she said she was hungry so we grabbed dinner and afterwards went for a moonlit stroll.


Opinion Openers

Ask for a female’s opinion on just about anything.

At the mall “Hey, I need a woman’s opinion. What do you think of this cologne/shirt/shoes?”

On the street - “Excuse me, but I am new in town and looking for a nice place to eat/shop/etc can you recommend any?”


Using Time Constraints

Take the pressure off of yourself by saying that you only have a few minutes to talk because your friends are waiting for you, or you have an appointment, etc. This disarms them from thinking that you are trying to pick them up.

Here is an example from a pickup I did recently on a girl who was eating by herself in the outdoor section of a restaurant.


ME: Excuse my interruption, but how is the food here? Is it good (said in a so-so tone) or is it goood (said in an impressed tone with a smile)

HER: Oh, It is goooood (mimicking my tone)

ME: Alright cool... hey, mind if I sit with you for a second? I am supposed to meet my friends in a few minutes and I hate to just wait around doing nothing.

She invites me to sit and I continue:

ME: To be honest, I am a little nervous, I haven’t seen these guys in years and they always used to pick on me for being so shy. I always looked up to these guys in a big brother sort of way. (pause) Say, you know what would rock? When I meet them, I’ll pass by again, so just flirt with me hardcore and I will pretend to be fighting you off, okay?

HER: (laughing)

ME: Don’t worry, this can work both ways, if you ever need a pretend boyfriend to show off as a trophy, I would be glad to help you out!

HER: Haha, but I already have a boyfriend.

ME: Hey that’s great! I bet he is secure enough in your relationship to let you rent a boytoy for the evening.

HER: (giggles)

ME: Tell you what, I have to run, but you seem like you have a good sense of humor. I like that. (Hand her pen and paper) Let’s get together sometime for a few laughs, bring your man if you want. Or you can just use me to impress your girlfriends.


Hehe, she wrote down 3 different numbers and her email and made me promise I would call her.


Suggestion Opener

You can also give your opinion as an opener. Keep the opinions sexually neutral though. Don’t tell her how hot/beautiful she is or gawk at her chest, remember eye contact!

For instance, at the video store as she is selecting a flick - “Oh man, don’t rent that one! (pause and let her ask why) It is a waste of time & money! I watched it for like 10 minutes and wanted to shoot myself!”

or on the flip side “That is an excellent choice, one of my favorite books/films of all time! (pause for reaction) If you like this book/film then you will love xyz...”

You can apply this opener almost anywhere people are buying stuff. Just change the wording around.


Favor Opener

Have her do you a favor right from the start.

Ask her to hold something for you, or watch your bags for a second and then leave her for a minute. You build suspense because in the time that you leave her there, she is wondering “who the hell is this?” When you come back you have license to kino and be affectionate with her because she earned it.

I don’t just use this for an opener either. You’d be surprised how many girls are willing to do you a favor if you ask nicely. I find that they actually love to help and are more receptive to my advances because they earned my affection. I will usually hug them and say “You are the best!” and give them a hundred little kisses on the cheek.


Wednesday

8 Types Of Women To Avoid When Dating


There are women that man should avoid dating. Here are symptoms to watch out for:

1). Too feminist. This type of woman, and believes it is assumed that man is the cause of all pain and suffering society. It was her strong belief that women are much smarter than men and are able to do things "right way".

Men would not want to spend some time with these types of women, everything you do will always be negative for them. They can never be happy man.

2). Material Girl. It is shortly after the money! These types of women are "high maintenance". Are not only expected, but often require that one should finance her entire life in luxury. To her, man is obliged to pay for dinners, drinks, trips, jewelry, flowers, etc., while they absolutely feel the urge to retaliate or guilt.

Simply put, she is a prostitute in disguise. She is a greedy person who has no perception of the feelings of others and its only interest is to achieve and get what he wants. Never be fooled, some seem to be the first really nice, until they know that you do something for them. He begins to ask for material things!

3). Hopeless romantic. These women live in a perfect world of romance novels, where love and relationships are perfect and her night and shining armor will always come and live happily ever after.
Always been pampered her and "princess" and the idea that what is real life. Will expect the man to take care of her constantly and that all her wishes have, if not, it may prove a bridge screaming.

4). Angry girl. Similar feminist, she really hates men. They often look at people long list of all accounts of injustice and violations of every man, that joint relationship. To her, all people are "goose bumps", "pigs". and jerks. These women are boiling mad at the man who can explode at any given time.

5). Uncertain Miss will seem very pleasant, loving and accommodation on the first treatment of the men very well. Later, when all her innermost feelings of uncertainty up to the surface, it can be uncomfortable calling a man, which dates back at least ten times a day asking where you are, or that just missed his voice.

This woman requires frequent and ongoing assurance that you love her and find her attractive because of this uncertainty, constantly worried about your hair, make-up, clothes etc. She can be clingy and needs constant attention, and urges you worrying about your thoughts that it will soon leave, if you find someone better.

6). Abstract and elusive type. She is romantic, but with a mysterious dark side. She has been hurt in past relationships and it was not over him. These bad experiences way she unconsciously stopover from or damage to her new relationship.

It will be very frustrating to deal with as the first, it will show great interest in man, but flee quickly when the cycle will be repeated again and again. Will date and flirting with a man, but will insist that the two remain friends.

7). Desperate Miss She is desperate to get married. May not even want to know, man, she just wants to trap him and bring him to the nearest altar!

8). Control type. She can be very annoying in a very subtle way, but when the opportunity will direct every phase of human life. She will always "say" what a person wears, where a man must go who should talk to a man who may have a person like my friends, what one can and can not eat, as in everything! One can not insist on its own rights or else, not sex, a lot of crying, screaming, pouting, and everything just man give in.

All people, watch out!

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Sunday

Man Makes Dating Site… But Only For Himself


By Amy Rolph

Chas McFeely really wants to find a wife.

“For realz,” to use his own words.

The San Francisco-based advertising executive recently launched the site hookchasup.com to, well, hook Chas up. (Dot com.) And here’s the best part: If you set him up with the woman he marries, you get $10,000.

I’m mentally scanning my female friends for candidates now. But enough about how any of them would make great marriage partners. (Are you reading this, Chas? Did you hear me?)

McFeely told mademan.com that he never expected many people to look at the site, but it didn’t really work out that way. Now he spends his evenings sifting through “pick me” emails about more prospective partners than he can process.

“If I can’t find my future wife out of the hundreds of emails I’ve already gotten, I should probably move to Alaska,” he told mademan.com.

If you visit hookchasup.com, you’ll find out he likes reading, the music of Cat Stevens (at least he owns the record), playing Scrabble, and thinks of the glass as “eight tenths full.” And if he captioned those photos himself, he has a pretty good sense of humor.

In his defense, McFeely says he’s tried dating sites and friend setups in the past, but never with much luck. He even considered hiring a high-end matchmaker, but ultimately decided to take the reigns of his own fate. He doesn’t have a “type,” but says he prefers someone with a “creative edge.” (Although he doesn’t rule out falling for a brainy scientist.) While he admits to having been a perfectionist in the past, he says he’s no longer looking for flaws. In other words, he’s loosened up with age.

Personally, I can’t wait for the movie version of “Hook Chas Up.” Casting directors, might I suggest offering Topher Grace the title role?


Friday

Whites Prefer Dating Whites Online


U.S. whites prefer to date members of their own race, while blacks are more likely to cross the racial barrier to find romance, researchers suggest.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, analyzed the racial preferences and online activity of 1 million profiles of U.S. singles looking for love online at a major Internet dating service from 2009 to 2010.

The online dating service asked subscribers if they wanted to date only within their race, or if they preferred someone outside their race, or if they were open to dating someone of any race.

Lead author Gerald Mendelsohn and colleagues say they compared the online daters’ stated preferences with the people they actually contacted.

“Those who said they were indifferent to the race of a partner were most likely to be young, male and black,” Mendelsohn says in a statement.

“Whites more than blacks, women more than men and old more than young participants stated a preference for a partner of the same race.”

More than 80 percent of the whites contacted whites and fewer than 5 percent contacted blacks — a disparity that held for young and older participants.

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