Initial contact is the moment when we meet people who we could possibly date for the first time. We walk into a social setting, the menu is laid out before us, and it’s our job to pick and choose what is best suitable for our tastes. The brunette standing over in that corner. The blonde—never mind, I’m not too into blondes. That sexy shirtless man with each abdominal muscle jutting out of his disproportionately large body dancing in the middle of the room, too hot for his own good. Oh yea. That’s more like it. (Just in case someone misconstrues this, I am not gay. But a hot sexy man with abs…how can you resist?)
There are qualities that definitely entice the male or female to make a decision in whom they would consider dating. The list is pretty extensive at times. You need a particular height, a particular build, a particular face, a particular singing voice, a particular way you move the body—good lord, there is not a creature on earth that can fulfill the needs of our ideals, sometimes. That is, for girls, anyways. For guys the list is quite simple. I’ll let you use your imagination to figure it out, but as a hint, it starts with an H and ends with an OT.
Men, on the other hand, are like peacocks, all of us, displaying our glorious feathers to all the would be peahens (female peacocks), waiting for a taker so that we can engage in the painfully long process of dating, courtship and marriage. And we do a lot of things subconsciously (some of us consciously) to try and show off as many of our feathers as we possibly can.
That man sitting in the corner of the room, playing the guitar, pretending like he’s just doing it to pass the time. YEAH RIGHT. He’s simply showing off his feathers. Think about how much sexier and appealing that guy looks when he does that. #1 He can play an instrument. #2 He can play an instrument and sing at the same time.
Or how about that guy who’s cleaning the dishes, acting like he’s some nice guy, wiling to do the dirty work like cleaning the dishes. HAH. I bet he never washes the dishes at HOME!!! Oldest trick in the book. 99% of every cool thing a guy does is because he’s trying to show off his feathers. Everything you’ve ever known or thought about men needs to change now! We are the epitome of ulterior motives. Unless it’s me. I’m too holy, authentic and pure to do such things. *Ehem*.
Okay, okay. So I’m slightly exaggerating. Sometimes there are just genuinely good and nice guys out there, and I don’t think that just because they are playing the guitar in the corner of the room, it means they are only doing it to impress women. No, that would be a lie. But there’s always the incentive of showing off your feathers that does drive (whether it is conscious or subconscious) our motives to be who we are, and act how we do, to some extent.
And it’s necessary. A statistic that has been thrown around lately, and is actually quite true in the cultural setting, is that 80% of all relationships are initiated by the girl. Which means this: guys show off their incredible features, and it’s up to the girls to take the bait. The girls are the ones that first need to show some interest before the guy will try anything.
Initial contact is everything then, for males, because in the eyes of a female, they make one of the ladders at first contact (that is, girls look at guys and decide if they are “friend” or “potential”). And if initial contact is this important, the guy needs to make an outstanding first impression, which is why it’s so important for them to develop their confidence and end up on the POTENTIAL ladder! For women, initial contact is important because if you want guys chasing after you…well then you gotta give them a good first reason to do so!
With all this being said, I personally vote that in our mating and dating rituals, we should convert our tactics and follow the example of the Buck. The male deer.
Instead of going through all this subconscious CRAP, let’s just run our heads into each other and whoever has the stronger head wins! Honestly. How much easier would that make it? I propose that every woman has to simply marry the man who wins in this head bashing contest, knowing that they are the most suited because of their incredible brute strength (particularly in the skull area) and let the strong survive and the weak PERISH. This is my motion. I have a particularly large head. I think I stand a chance! Any one second that?
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i’ll get titanium implants in my skull.
andrew, by you writing out that you HAVE played guitar and washed the dishes, well its like actually putting it on record and telling all the ladies that you HAVE done those things before without “knowing” of this post.
Anyways, i wish i read this 10 years ago. parts of my heart would not be scarred if i had haha
i think its funny that no women thus far have left any sort of comments.
i know how to make peacock sounds. i sure hope this makes me the best candidate in the eyes of females. hahahaaaa…
this is actually really enlightening. lol.
HAHAHA, oh yes nothing would do it more for me than a conquering skull!
Good insight, good humor.
pshhhh nothing I didnt already know. you gatta step it up a bit more!
jk.
LOL i thought u were talking bout yourself when u wrote about the guitar and dishes part.
Just be yourself ! if they like you as you are great if not move on….
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