How in the world does a man know what a woman wants?

Reading this list of things women want (a partial list, really), they strike me as the demands of a child, which is, well -- childish. I'm 60, and in my time I have had more than my share of success with women, and failures, along with lots of great sex. Now, I still have desire and I can still function well, but I am so glad that the sexual urgency that was with me from about 17 to around 57 has gone. I'm willing, but not in need; and I don't want to jump though hoops for any woman. I live alone, and I like it that way. I do what I want, I can choose to be alone or with company, and I am not subject to a running commentary on how well I am pleasing, or not pleasing, someone else. For all the qualities that women feel they are entitled to find in their man, they do not feel bound to reciprocate. They seem to feel that being a woman is all that is required of them in order to deserve the moon. And, they are inherently perverse. Not "perverted," but perverse -- meaning, for example, they want a man to provide them with every consideration, complement, and to live to fulfill her every desire -- and yet the man who actually does that for her will most likely be scorned as "weak." In brief, women have a huge set of contradictory demands that no man could possibly satisfy -- or even know about. Women love to keep what they want secret, or even deny it; then when her man doesn't come through with what she has said she doesn't want, she is then indignantly disappointed. Enough, already.

Hello, can you say bitter!! How can you say all of that about "women"! You are using the word "they" as if all women are the same. If someone is disrespectful to you and not treating you well and cannot be satisfied, move along. If you are catering to high-maintenance women, blame yourself. You'll never have a lasting relationship if blaming others--THEY do this, THEY do that.... If you aren't getting the treatment you want and deserve from a relationship, Again, move on! Life is too short to be bitter!!

I'm not in the least bitter, and it is presumptuous of you to jump to that conclusion. If you want to criticize someone for generalizing about women, look at the post to which we are all responding. Everyone of the ten points begins with "Woman want, Women will, A woman will, All women want, All women have," etc. Every one of those is a sweeping generalization. So why respond to them at all? Because we understand that generalizations always allow for exceptions, so we give the author a break. So, give me a break. Any generalization must be accepted with a grain of salt. Can you say, "tolerant?" My "sample" of women, as it were, has been garnered over many decades of experience, so I have earned the right to make some general observations. I could say, "In my experience, woman are..." Of course, there must be an exceptionally mature female out there, somewhere, and if I meet her, I'll let you know. Every example I gave comes from my own experience, and I've known quite a few women, and married a couple, and there were in fact no exceptions to the perversity I mentioned, even in the finest of them. It may be that women are reticent to speak out, to be forthright and up dront about their needs and wants, so they just wait for this or that man to magically anticipate or understand. Perhaps it's a part of the "prince" fantasy, I don't know. I like women, I enjoy women, but I have found that they are more loveable and more enjoyable when they are not around all the time, and that is generally true of all people. I have moved on; I've moved on to a life in which I am happy, and in the course of which I am not disappointing anybody, not even myself.

exactly, not all women are the same. And thats why the more woman you talk to, the more easy it will become to know exactly where to go with conversation and what not on the fly. Things just have to flow, along with being funny with a little cocky (confident, i repeat CONFIDENT). And you can say whatever you want, as long as it has the right tone and smile to go along with it. That tone and smile changes with everything you say, send them on an emotional roller coaster. The more women you talk to, the more confortable you become and the more you'll meet without even trying because it'll become natural.

I agree with poster #2 - The way you have written this article it makes you wonder, What does a woman want ... a relationship with give and take or her own personal entertainment committee ??

After 10 years of coaching this is the best the writer could come up with? Amusing. He did say one thing that rang true for me though..."there is no magic pickup line that will work in every situation,". I agree because sometimes what allows two people to meet and click and make a lasting connection is sometimes out of our hands. Sometimes its all about having the right timing.I know from personal experience that major life events opened me up more to dating and prospects I previously would not have considered. So here's some advice... form lasting friendships because you never know when that friend thats a girl will come around and see you in a new light beyond just friendship.

wow omg this is sooooo true. can u teach my bf? lol jk

My girlfriend says its a good list so I guess I like it...

Granted you can make these assumed tips on experiences but not all women are the same. How is someone of the opposite going to possibly know what a woman wants? Like men no men what they want, women are the same way. Only another woman can know what another woman wants. Unfortunately for the straight women that is the truth, but for lesbians it a gift you can't take for granted.