There seems to be a mild epidemic going around. No, Im not talking about swine flu, Im talking about people who claim to understand the opposite sex and then proceed to pimp out their advice. The only problem is that they dont understand the opposite sex at all. Lately it feels like a lot of women are coming out of the wood work claiming to understand all men and offering advice to desperate needy girls. There are a number of problems with this; at least that I can see. First of all, Im not really sure there is a way to completely understand the opposite sex. I mean, men are fairly famous for admitting that they dont understand women, why cant women fess up to the same fact? Then there is the advice being given, these writers seems to think that they can narrow down the entire sex into an 800 word article. Id hope that men are more unique then that and that each relationship a woman has with a man would be different from their last, or else theres trouble on the horizon. I know that men are simple creatures, but sometimes the simplest things are the most difficult to understand. To top it off the women giving the advice seem to be talking about the kind of guys Im not sure any woman would be happy in a relationship with. One article I almost looked at was on tips to get men from a notorious bachelor. Is that what women want? To land a guy who up till that point could muster up more commitment in a relationship then wearing a condom? No wonder women tend to think that all men are scum. Im not saying that women are stupid and thats why they cant understand men. Women are just different from men. Hell, men are different from men. Its just whenever I look at these things, I always end up thinking, What the hell are they talking about. Im sure women think the same thing when they look at any article written by a guy on how to get women. If anything we should have men giving advice on men and women giving advice on women. However, if we did this the people giving the advice would need to put the egos of their sex aside and be honest. Otherwise wed just end up with the same of clich fluff pieces. You know, advice like, just listen to her, or give him lots of space. Which sure might be true sometimes, but often enough isnt the solution to every problem in a relationship. Its time to accept that no one knows what theyre talking about when it comes to the opposite sex. Were too complicated to come up with a formula of right or wrong things to do. Hell, I say just wing it and maybe things will end up OK in the end, because thats all you can really hope for in this life.
