362. Mr. Good Enough

Women are starting to choose ‘good enough’. Smart move, especially for those unable to find their Mr. Right and mature enough to know and accept the practical and emotional differences.
1.     It enables marriage sooner. She may know a ‘good enough’ or two worthy of practical comparison with her dream-like Mr. Right.
2.     It exploits female [...]

361. Mr. Wrong alias Mr. Right

Women seek to marry what’s not truly identifiable before marriage: Mr. Right. Many marry their supposed Mr. Right only to uncover Mr. Wrong. They choose poorly:
·        First, her perceptions are easily misled about his potential, because she believes the sexes are or should be more alike than different. He doesn’t respond as she expects, [...]

318. Sex differences explain men — Chap. 23

The female mindset: Women worry about three phases of sex: foreplay, intercourse, and intimacy afterward. Men don’t.
Background
·        Adolescent male nature:  Intercourse is just intercourse. Foreplay should be unnecessary but can be fun. Intimacy interferes with recovery. Who’s next?
·        Mature male nature: Certain emotional involvements—such as respect and affection for her—add meaning and necessity to [...]

311. Preventive maintenance — Checklist II

The squabble-prevention checklist continues:
♥ Keeping him is easy but not simple, once she learns to use her female strengths.
♥ Feminine brightens his day. As one woman put it, femininity adds color to a man’s B&W world. [Alison A. Armstrong, Keys to the Kingdom, p.151]
♥ People respect those who are different, unique, and powerful within [...]

301. Newlywed Bonding #9 — Plan Ahead

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Finances—or more accurately, squabbles about indebtedness and spending—stimulate break up more than almost anything else.  
$$$  Plan ahead. Marriage vows express devotion to each other. Unplanned, unnecessary, and surprise spending and indebtedness can easily kill such devotion.
$$$  Plan ahead. The continual practice of spending less [...]

298. Female malpractice — Part 9

♣  Relationship maintenance gone awry:  Blame or expect him to resolve whatever ails their two-way relationship. This doesn’t mean that he’s not due some blame, just that treating him as such is counterproductive.
♣  Nagging doesn’t get more offensive than that which tampers with his sense of sexual significance.
♣  Marital longevity shortens under pressure of [...]

296. Preventive Maintenance — Checklist I

Compared to men, women are relationship experts. They detect emotional cracks and strains long before their man.
This makes women best qualified for relationship maintenance, which effectively puts them in charge.
It’s easily understandable that whoever’s in charge should be responsible for preventive maintenance. So, a squabble-prevention checklist starts here.  
♥  Cooperation compliments each other.
♣  [...]

286. Wham, bam, thank you, ma’m! — Post 5 of 5

SUBJECT: Men are not considerate of her sexual wants, needs, and desires. Granted, they should be, but….
Love sits atop but does not dominate this subject. It may overcome and hold them together, and it may not.
 ♀2♂?  If conveying her wants, needs, and desires outweigh his satisfactions about their sex life, she’s not likely [...]