While women are still trying to decide what they actually want, men are continuing to struggle with how to evolve into a modern attractive man.
How do men even begin to pursue women that are struggling to even meet the standards they set themselves. Let alone the long list of requirements from a ‘suitable’ partner. Lots of our clients seek dating advice, but what are the knock on effects of
trying to be superwoman.
More importantly what damage does this do to men’s confidence, some taking dramatic steps to gain
dating practice.
A new survey by Virgin found that one in ten British men between 18 and 40 added five thousand pounds to their salary, while 25% have lied about the size of their manhood. The following article written by Ben Faulk for MSN, titled ‘Why a man lies’ goes some way to explain…………..
Researchers concluded that men lie more impulsively than women, but added that one of the reasons for this is because the modern male is under more pressure than ever before in both his personal and professional life.
But is this true? Does lying work? Are women really impressed by faux tales of superlative salary, girth and length, especially when it’s so easy to be caught out?
“There’s two phases of male lying,” says Neil Strauss, author of The Game, the bestselling memoir of his year as a professional pick-up artist. “Courtship lying to get someone to like them and relationship lying to keep their girlfriend from leaving them.”
“Men are horrible liars,” he continues. “They usually get caught and if they don’t, it leads to a suspicion that lasts for the whole of the relationship. But I don’t think men lie because they are horrible people, they lie because they’re weak.”
“I think there’s more pressure on men,” adds Susan Quilliam, a relationship psychologist and author of Body Language Secrets. “There’s a much higher rate of male depression and suicide than there was. Because they are insecure, they will try and compensate by lying.”
The lengths some men go to put my tales of the Australian outback to shame. Strauss recalls “guys who got fake bank receipts that showed huge balances and when they gave someone their phone number, they’d ‘accidentally’ write it on the back of them”.
And actually, it’s all women’s fault anyway; with their rising pay packets and demand for equality. Us men still want to feel like we are cock of the walk and impress the ladies with our status and power, but the problem is, we are facing potential partners who are richer and more successful than us.
In a staggering demonstration of China’s vanity, the little girl who ’sang’, Lin Miako, was actually miming at the olympics opening ceremony.
