Posts Tagged as ‘feminine’

10/24/2009

720. Quips from Mrs. Guy #5

If wife can’t appreciate what she has, what she has won’t get better. Ditto for husbands.

If behind every successful man is a surprised woman, he married a snitch, witch, or bitch.
My heartstrings continually plink out these tunes for marital longevity: My Attitude of Gratitude and I’m My Leader’s Favorite Cheerleader. 
It’s not original, but I love [...]

10/04/2009

700. Wife’s Dependency — Section 5

I close this series with two posts and two patterns. This first one points to things that build compatibility. Tomorrow the second one points to the opposite.
These tradeoffs worked well to build compatibility over the past couple centuries:
♦       She depends on him for producing, providing, protecting, and problem solving, which confirm his importance and value [...]

07/03/2009

607. Prettier is as Feminine Does #5

‘Pretty’ is how she looks to herself. She’s done her best to attire and groom herself well. Her physical attributes shine and physical weaknesses go unnoticed to her.
·        If women have natural prettiness and don’t enhance it, they weaken their femininity. If they copy men they lose it. This makes them even less pretty once [...]

07/02/2009

606. Prettier is as Feminine Does #4

‘Pretty’ is how she looks to herself. She’s done her best to attire and groom herself well. Her physical attributes shine and physical weaknesses go unnoticed to her.
·        Prettiness to men fades as femininity gives way to masculinity and feminist pride.
·        Men know very little about ‘feminine’. They don’t know what makes it; they just like [...]

06/29/2009

603. Prettier is as Feminine Does #1

Her Highness Laura commented at 596 that women are more critical than men about ‘pretty’. She’s right, because prettiness is a theme around which women compete—and they should. (Post 602 presented groundwork on ‘pretty’.)
‘Feminine’ is whatever females have, do, and use that is unique to their sex and nature. To the extent they appear different [...]

03/09/2009

494. Keepers for Keepers — Assortment 17

Dear Daughter: A few more to consider.
☼    A long courtship without sex enables her to slowly grow the conviction that she needs and trusts him for who he is and not just for being a man and what he says. [17]
☼    A man’s drive to be head of the house far overpowers a woman’s natural [...]

02/21/2009

478. What Moms Never Hear — H: Habits

Moms develop certain habits in kids that help shape their dreams. Childhood habits and dreams become adult reality. 
J Having to dress neat, clean, and as something deserving of compliments evokes admiration and respect from others. Most important, however, it programs a kid’s mind that whatever the occasion, it’s special and deserves careful attention. (Thus, [...]

02/10/2009

467. Sex differences explain men—Chap. 29

♦       Fathers primarily teach kids to obey. Mothers primarily teach kids about good and evil.
♦       The male nature has little reason to more highly value or improve the opposite gender. It makes females more appealing to other men, competitors. The female nature tends to build up the male gender, because it enables women to [...]