The Dickhead who teaches men how to get hot dates

I am just fuming after opening my emailbox today. Like some of you I subscribe to newsletters in my field just to see what others are offering. Today I got a newsletter from a guy who teaches lonely men how to get women to fall at their feet. He charges quite a bit for his expertise and I could tell a man in 30 seconds how to do it for free - offer to rub her feet after a long day or offer to cook dinner. Anyway, that’s not what I’m so pissed off about.

The subject line of his email is:

Why You Should NOT Compliment A Woman

That’s a direct cut and paste. Riiiiight. Why didn’t he say something equally sensible like these:

• Treat a Woman Like Shit and She’ll Fall On Her Knees Before You
• Embarrass a Woman In Front of Her Friends and She’ll Come Running For You
• Drop a Woman Off a Block from Her Home So Next Time She’ll Appreciate the Ride
• A Woman Never Really Means No

I could go on but you get the picture. What he wrote isn’t the worst thing I have ever read but what is it telling men about women? Treat them like the naughty children you know they are and then you’ll always be in control. What happened to men and women acknowledging their differences and respecting each other? Argh!!

I look at my own relationship and sure we’ve been together for nearly 13 years but there has never been a time that my husband would think, “I mustn’t give her a compliment or she’ll take me for granted.” It would never enter his mind. He sees me as a complete equal with every right to be myself and do whatever I want. I feel the same way about him. We have our differences like everyone else. He’s a complete nerdy geek and I pick up strays, he tries to sneak a smoke when he thinks I’m not looking and I’ll spend way too much money on pet treats. Those are the bits that make our eyes roll but he has my respect in all things.

Does that make us want each other less? Never. “I have a headache” has never entered the house.

Who are these newsletters aimed at? Lonely men who haven’t got a clue how to attract a woman, so they listen to drivel like this thinking that this guy really has made a breakthrough. He has but not what they think - he’s made a breakthrough in how to separate a man from his money and that’s about it!

Rant over.