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What Women Really Want From Men

Posted by Susan Walsh on Oct 14, 2009 in Relationship Strategies

This list of 35 brutally honest truths will tell you what women really want from men. Let’s just say I’m trying to promote cross-cultural understanding. Think of this as an Instruction Manual.

1. Women don’t tell each other everything.
We don’t share a lot of intimate sexual details. OK, if you’re hung like a stallion, it [...]

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Stop Putting Out for Alpha Asshats

Posted by Susan Walsh on Oct 2, 2009 in Hooking Up Realities, Relationship Strategies, What Guys Want

Ugh. I caught my own flesh and blood defending Tucker Max on Twitter. I feel like the cobbler whose kids have no shoes. Mr. Max is a self-described narcissist who embraces debauchery. What’s troubling is how many female fans he seems to have, including overweight ones (see the story Tucker Fucks a Fattie, Hilarity Ensues).
Women’s rights [...]

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20 Reasons You Don’t Have a Boyfriend

Posted by Susan Walsh on Sep 28, 2009 in Relationship Strategies, What Guys Want

Manolith, a men’s lifestyle online magazine, recently ran the article 20 Reasons You’re Still Single. I was delighted to learn that there are apparently a significant number of men who want a relationship and need advice. The piece addresses a wide range of typical male weaknesses, including questionable hygiene, douchebaggery and being “too nice.”
One of [...]

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How to Find a Great Guy

Posted by Susan Walsh on Aug 25, 2009 in Relationship Strategies

You’d like to meet someone new, someone who has real potential for a meaningful relationship. You know there are a million fish in the sea, but you keep coming across the same bottom feeders again and again. How do you meet a good guy?
I. Go where the good guys are.
Go west, young woman, go west!
Wow, [...]

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I Pissed Off a Gen Y Feminist

Posted by Susan Walsh on Mar 15, 2009 in Girl Talk, Hooking Up Realities, Relationship Strategies

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”

 
Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

With my latest post How to Stimulate Demand in a Relationship Recession, I made Mary Lingwall of Austin, Texas really angry. Check out her article here: Things That Piss Me Off: [...]

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How to Stimulate Demand in a Relationship Recession

Posted by Susan Walsh on Mar 13, 2009 in Hooking Up Realities, Relationship Strategies, What Guys Want

The worldwide luxury goods market, once thought immune to the ebbs and flows of economic fluctuations, is likely to enter a recession in 2009, according to Bain & Company’s Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study. Francesco Trapani, CEO of Bulgari, insists that he will not risk the company’s image for opulence and exclusivity by slashing prices.
“This [...]

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Wisdom from the Land of the Penii

Posted by Susan Walsh on Mar 6, 2009 in Hooking Up Realities, Relationship Strategies, What Guys Want

 
Last week I posted You’re Welcome, Guys! and invited any guys enjoying Hooking Up Smart to write a guest post offering a male point of view. Right away I heard from Mike Hendel, and I’m delighted to welcome him today as our first ever guy guest blogger! A little info about this dynamic guy:
Mike Hendel [...]

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7 Totally Lame Excuses For Why He Cheated

Posted by Susan Walsh on Feb 23, 2009 in Ask Susan, Relationship Strategies

 
“If he did it without your knowledge, and stayed silent about it afterwards, it’s cheating.”

Aunt Sue
 
 
Frequently I hear from young women who are confused about whether they’ve been cheated on. They feel hurt and betrayed by a guy who hooked up with someone else, but the guy has coughed up some lame-ass excuse for his [...]

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Are Women Cut Out to Be Friends With Benefits?

Posted by Susan Walsh on Feb 11, 2009 in Hooking Up Realities, Relationship Strategies, What Guys Want

“You’re the best listener that I’ve ever met
You’re my best friend
Best friend with benefits”
Alanis Morissette, Head Over Feet
 
As someone who writes about contemporary relationships and the hookup culture, I hear a lot about Friends With Benefits Relationships (FWBR), mostly from women. Mostly they don’t seem to work too well, in that most young women regret [...]

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10 Ways to Get Inside His Head

Posted by Susan Walsh on Jan 6, 2009 in Relationship Strategies, What Guys Want

“Never frown, because you never know when someone is falling in love with your smile.”
Anonymous
Many women make the mistake of thinking that if a guy finds them attractive, they are on the path to a relationship. Even though they understand that the path may be full of twists and turns, still they believe that attracting [...]

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