4. Be Comfortable With Silence
Silence doesn’t have to be awkward. Would you feel uncomfortable sitting in silence with your best friend? No, so don’t make a big deal out of it, many men mess up their interactions with women because when there is a slight lull in conversation they start feeling uncomfortable and stressed. Remember some good stories or questions to ask for when the silence comes, or just relax like nothings happened and wait for her to fill in the lull in conversation.

Checkout RegainConfidence.com for the rest of their tips.

Whilst in the midst of a late night web surfing session the other night, I stumbled across a great relationship-related-humor article at www.keithgoodrum.com.  Although I hope you will all view this with a sense of humor and get a good chuckle out of it, nonetheless, subtle truths are contained within.

INSTALLING A HUSBAND

Dear Tech support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5 and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I’ve tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?

Signed,
Desperate.

DEAR DESPERATE,
First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.

Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme.html and try to download Tears 6.2 and don’t forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)

Also do not attempt to reinstall Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.

Good Luck,

Tech Support

Once we settle into a relationship and become more comfortable, we begin to unzip a bit. We start to show some of our less appealing traits and hope that our partner will accept the good with the bad. As more time passes in a relationship, we unzip further and further. Eventually, our partner may find that we are nothing like the person they originally thought they were dating (and we often find the same thing about them). What once seemed like a relationship built on compatibility turns out to be something totally different; this all to frequently leads to an inevitable break up.

While this behavior is entirely natural, it is also counterproductive. Wouldn’t it be more effective to get into a relationship where the other person is actually dating you for who you are? Where they actually know your flaws up front and accept them? Where they have chosen you, and not some watered-down, zipped up version of who you are? Is it really worth pretending to be someone you aren’t just to date someone who doesn’t know and, therefore, isn’t really interested in the real you?

Doing this is not as difficult as it might seem. It only requires making a conscious effort to express who you truly are. If you are on a date with someone who enjoys frequent wild nights on the town and you are more of a homebody, don’t hold back – let them know what you really enjoy. And what if it doesn’t work out? What if they decide that they aren’t interested in dating a homebody? Fine, you weren’t really compatible anyway.

Basically, give the other person a more complete picture of who you are, of the things you do and don’t enjoy. Your candor and self-acceptance macy even lead your date to be more forthright about themselves as well. Ultimately, if you can be yourself and find someone who appreciates you for who you are, your relationships will be far more rewarding and enjoyable.