Thursday, December 27, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
My Baby Maybe Fear No 5 The Most....Haha
5 Reasons Why Guys Fear Commitment
You've been with your boyfriend for several months or years and you're sitting in a restaurant for girls' night out. The inevitable question arises as you bite into your first jumbo shrimp: "Why hasn't he asked you to marry him yet?" Cocktail sauce drips from the corner of your mouth as you defend your boyfriend from this barrage.
Somewhere in the back of your mind you know your friends are asking a valid question. What is this guy waiting for? Is he stringing me along? Why does he run from engagement talk quicker than people in Pamplona from the running of the bulls?
Today is your day for answers. Here are the top five reasons guys fear commitment and what you can do to overcome them.
Reason #1: Saying "yes" to you means saying "no" to the rest of the world
Let's say he asks you to marry him on a Saturday. Then on Monday he's walking to work and a beautiful woman approaches. As a swinging single, he had the freedom to drop a cute one-liner. Now this knockout is off limits.
The bottom line here is your man wonders if you truly are the best person he'll ever meet or just the best person to date. This quandary can stop a waffling guy in his tracks.
The Solution: Face this issue head-on and admit to your man that the world of women does not magically become ugly the moment he puts a ring on your finger. It's okay to find other women attractive, just like you could take note of a cute guy at the gym. The point is you're mutually agreeing to not act on these impulses.
Reason #2: Women in magazines and on TV look so perfect
Thanks to airbrushing and perfect lighting, women in magazines, movies and TV portray an unattainable look. Your man might mistakenly believe these Hollywood starlets wake up in the morning actually looking like this. He then takes one look at you in sweatpants and suddenly develops a new crush on the Revlon model in Cosmo.
The Solution: All you need to do is find a magazine or website that exposes celebrities without their makeup. These candid photos, complete with skin blemishes, non-designer clothes and unkempt hair, will remind your man that celebrities are regular people too. Then book a romantic evening together where you both dress up elegantly. One look at you in your finest duds and your man will soon realize you too can look like a Hollywood starlet.
Reason #3: I'm not ready to give up guys' night out (i.e., my fraternity days)
From college to the present, your guy has locked in Friday night with the guys. Sports and drinking dominate the night as does hitting on women. Suddenly Fridays transform into dinners with couples, movie rentals and family gatherings. Your man just might miss his high-flying single days and feel jealous of his unattached buddies.
The Solution: Who says marriage means the end of male friendships? Let your man know he can still get together with the guys -- maybe not every Friday night, but certainly one or two times a month. You can do the same with the girls. Remove the need to hit on members of the opposite sex and you're good to go. Besides, these same-gender relationships are healthy.
Reason #4: Relationships shouldn't require so much work
"All we do is talk." We all know some guys have a penchant for avoiding deep conversation. Many guys have friends who claim they never fight with their spouses, or maybe he had parents who shielded him from marital tension. A few too many challenging conversations and your man may wonder if all the stress is a sign of a bad relationship.
The Solution: Quality communication is all about picking the right moment. A long, difficult day at work is not the best precursor to a difficult conversation. Relaxing on the couch, in a low- stress moment, is a much better option. You can also seek out another couple who is willing to be honest about relationship tension that all couples face. Seeing this other couple deal with the same issues might help him realize you're not alone in facing relationship hurdles.
Reason #5: I'm not sure if the things that bother me about you are deal-breakers
Your man loves 38 things about you, but three things about you really annoy him. He can't decide if the 38 lovable qualities outweigh the three annoyances, or if ultimately those three things will drive him batty.
The Solution: You've got to remind your man that sooner or later everyone has the potential to be annoying. Family, roommates, colleagues and spouses all have qualities that can grate on you from time to time. And here's a news flash: he has some annoying qualities too. Marriage is all about accepting a few flaws for the greater good of an otherwise healthy relationship.
You've been with your boyfriend for several months or years and you're sitting in a restaurant for girls' night out. The inevitable question arises as you bite into your first jumbo shrimp: "Why hasn't he asked you to marry him yet?" Cocktail sauce drips from the corner of your mouth as you defend your boyfriend from this barrage.
Somewhere in the back of your mind you know your friends are asking a valid question. What is this guy waiting for? Is he stringing me along? Why does he run from engagement talk quicker than people in Pamplona from the running of the bulls?
Today is your day for answers. Here are the top five reasons guys fear commitment and what you can do to overcome them.
Reason #1: Saying "yes" to you means saying "no" to the rest of the world
Let's say he asks you to marry him on a Saturday. Then on Monday he's walking to work and a beautiful woman approaches. As a swinging single, he had the freedom to drop a cute one-liner. Now this knockout is off limits.
The bottom line here is your man wonders if you truly are the best person he'll ever meet or just the best person to date. This quandary can stop a waffling guy in his tracks.
The Solution: Face this issue head-on and admit to your man that the world of women does not magically become ugly the moment he puts a ring on your finger. It's okay to find other women attractive, just like you could take note of a cute guy at the gym. The point is you're mutually agreeing to not act on these impulses.
Reason #2: Women in magazines and on TV look so perfect
Thanks to airbrushing and perfect lighting, women in magazines, movies and TV portray an unattainable look. Your man might mistakenly believe these Hollywood starlets wake up in the morning actually looking like this. He then takes one look at you in sweatpants and suddenly develops a new crush on the Revlon model in Cosmo.
The Solution: All you need to do is find a magazine or website that exposes celebrities without their makeup. These candid photos, complete with skin blemishes, non-designer clothes and unkempt hair, will remind your man that celebrities are regular people too. Then book a romantic evening together where you both dress up elegantly. One look at you in your finest duds and your man will soon realize you too can look like a Hollywood starlet.
Reason #3: I'm not ready to give up guys' night out (i.e., my fraternity days)
From college to the present, your guy has locked in Friday night with the guys. Sports and drinking dominate the night as does hitting on women. Suddenly Fridays transform into dinners with couples, movie rentals and family gatherings. Your man just might miss his high-flying single days and feel jealous of his unattached buddies.
The Solution: Who says marriage means the end of male friendships? Let your man know he can still get together with the guys -- maybe not every Friday night, but certainly one or two times a month. You can do the same with the girls. Remove the need to hit on members of the opposite sex and you're good to go. Besides, these same-gender relationships are healthy.
Reason #4: Relationships shouldn't require so much work
"All we do is talk." We all know some guys have a penchant for avoiding deep conversation. Many guys have friends who claim they never fight with their spouses, or maybe he had parents who shielded him from marital tension. A few too many challenging conversations and your man may wonder if all the stress is a sign of a bad relationship.
The Solution: Quality communication is all about picking the right moment. A long, difficult day at work is not the best precursor to a difficult conversation. Relaxing on the couch, in a low- stress moment, is a much better option. You can also seek out another couple who is willing to be honest about relationship tension that all couples face. Seeing this other couple deal with the same issues might help him realize you're not alone in facing relationship hurdles.
Reason #5: I'm not sure if the things that bother me about you are deal-breakers
Your man loves 38 things about you, but three things about you really annoy him. He can't decide if the 38 lovable qualities outweigh the three annoyances, or if ultimately those three things will drive him batty.
The Solution: You've got to remind your man that sooner or later everyone has the potential to be annoying. Family, roommates, colleagues and spouses all have qualities that can grate on you from time to time. And here's a news flash: he has some annoying qualities too. Marriage is all about accepting a few flaws for the greater good of an otherwise healthy relationship.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Knight in Shining Armor? McDreamy?
Alaa...tell me who in her rite mind tak nak to have her own knight in shining armor or mcdreamy? All gals dream to have the rite kind of guy everyday. Sum mite even go to the extend of dating much too often always to end the relationship in conclusion that the person isn't her 'knight in shining armor' nor 'mcdreamy'. When will us come to our senses that there are zero these kinda person for us out there in the real dating scene. (i mean in this era la...i cant know how it was ages ago. when there are real knights still rooming the land. bluwekkk!!)
Dun get me wrong. My love live is still intact - for now. We had had great time together, and a fair share of bad ones. But THIS is not about me ok? :p
It is just dat i came across this webspace on heart to heart problems where there are a lot of whining gals telling this n that. How he is all lovely n sweet but not the rite guy. How lonely they are. Bla bla bla. How he doesnt understand. bla bla bla. Sounds so much like i was a few months back. Rite? Its not im dissing this gals, mind u. I was so much like these gals before. Maybe a lot of gals out there can relate.
Ntah la. In our short life, we had been fed with ideas there's always Mr Rite for us. The thing is we always want this Mr Rite to do the rite things, to say the rite words and act rite all the time up to our standard. My my, this idea of Mr Rite is so not RITE.
Our Mr Rite mite be the Rite one for us but he mite not always be Rite. Like us mite not always be Ms Rite for them. We just need to come with terms with all their shortcomings as they did ours. If we cant get thru this stage, Mr Rite mite not be so Rite for us. This is when we dissed the Mr Rite thing n hope for our fairytale Knight to show up one day and swept us off our feet.
If you think its happening to you...believe me, its short-lived. My parents called it fling or rebound dating. Yeah, we mite get all tingly and blushing and hepi for a while. But it will all passed once we get to know the person better. And we'll start comparing to our Mr Rite. But the very 1st thing we need to do is TO GET OVER THE IDEA OF FAIRYTALE KNIGHTS KINDA GUYS! Come on. To find sumone who wud fight for ur honour or to do all the lady's bidding -like the knight wud do - come on. There are no such person. Even McDreamy mite only be sumone in our dreams.
Yeah ah... I've come to terms with it. Haha... Owh, u've guessed? :p
Hehehe..N yeah I've found my Mr Rite. After all the fights, the shouts, the name calling, the blackmailing n the tears, the dramas's n all. Hahaha....
I just hope that i am Ms Rite for him. :) yeah, i'm with terms with the mr rite thing. I only dun know the other way around. N Im still finding the answers.
*Sighed*
Dun get me wrong. My love live is still intact - for now. We had had great time together, and a fair share of bad ones. But THIS is not about me ok? :p
It is just dat i came across this webspace on heart to heart problems where there are a lot of whining gals telling this n that. How he is all lovely n sweet but not the rite guy. How lonely they are. Bla bla bla. How he doesnt understand. bla bla bla. Sounds so much like i was a few months back. Rite? Its not im dissing this gals, mind u. I was so much like these gals before. Maybe a lot of gals out there can relate.
Ntah la. In our short life, we had been fed with ideas there's always Mr Rite for us. The thing is we always want this Mr Rite to do the rite things, to say the rite words and act rite all the time up to our standard. My my, this idea of Mr Rite is so not RITE.
Our Mr Rite mite be the Rite one for us but he mite not always be Rite. Like us mite not always be Ms Rite for them. We just need to come with terms with all their shortcomings as they did ours. If we cant get thru this stage, Mr Rite mite not be so Rite for us. This is when we dissed the Mr Rite thing n hope for our fairytale Knight to show up one day and swept us off our feet.
If you think its happening to you...believe me, its short-lived. My parents called it fling or rebound dating. Yeah, we mite get all tingly and blushing and hepi for a while. But it will all passed once we get to know the person better. And we'll start comparing to our Mr Rite. But the very 1st thing we need to do is TO GET OVER THE IDEA OF FAIRYTALE KNIGHTS KINDA GUYS! Come on. To find sumone who wud fight for ur honour or to do all the lady's bidding -like the knight wud do - come on. There are no such person. Even McDreamy mite only be sumone in our dreams.
Yeah ah... I've come to terms with it. Haha... Owh, u've guessed? :p
Hehehe..N yeah I've found my Mr Rite. After all the fights, the shouts, the name calling, the blackmailing n the tears, the dramas's n all. Hahaha....
I just hope that i am Ms Rite for him. :) yeah, i'm with terms with the mr rite thing. I only dun know the other way around. N Im still finding the answers.
*Sighed*
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