Monday, November 15, 2010

Do you date like a man? Or a woman?

Ivory, Soto, Torres

According to Myreah Moore in her book Date Like a Man women need to stop dating just trying to find a husband and start dating more like men and have more fun dating. In her book she explains why and how men are the “Master Daters” and why women should take their techniques and use them against them. Men are ahead in the dating game for several reasons; they love themselves, they are confident at any age, they are independent, the list goes on. The point is, women are always thinking about where it’s going and what they are doing wrong and right. In her book Moore explains that in order to beat men at their own game women have to understand how they think and operate. Men and women are completely different and so are their ideas about love and relationships, this is how so many people end up heart-broken and alone.
Of course this is taken from a generalized point of view of the way women date. Not all women date like that, but a majority do. This is why Moore wrote this hoping to make that number go down. Her goal is to make women love themselves just as much as men do and also to help the majority of women that are not as independent become independent. Moore aims to give women the confidence in dating that they lack.
Now let’s take dating from a guys point of view:
As the only guy in my blog group I'm the only input on the subject of dating from the male point of view. When I get a date as any guy I'm looking for a good time. That's all I see first dates as, a way to have fun and see if it’s something I would like to pursue, if not I move on. However if a second date does happen there are certain things I start to look for, the most important is what would my mother think of her. The rest I usually judge later on. But for me I see dating as a way to figure out what I would want in a wife. I'm not looking for a wife right now obviously but dating is a way to see what criteria you would want in your spouse. Guys do date differently though most guys like to chase the girl but only for a certain time after a while it gets old and we give up. That brings me to the crazy obsessive girl also known as the clinger. The clinger is every guy's worst nightmare, at first sign of a clingy girl it’s time to cut and run. I don't know why but a lot of girls tend to be this way some worse than others.

Of course people are different there are a select few that date completely different. Maybe there are women out there that date like men, and maybe there are men out there that tend to have their dating style like that of a woman. It all depends on the person. But you can’t help but take what Moore said in her book and realize that most of it is true. As stereotypical as it is it could most definitely come in handy as well as help the women out there struggling with their dating. Maybe women do need to stop being so serious about their dates and start having fun and be more confident in themselves. Or maybe men need to get more serious and stop losing the arrogance that most tend to have. Or maybe we will never find a solution to this and this is just the way things will always be.

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