Shipwreck’s Guide to Understanding Men

A good mate of Shipwreck’s, ‘Disco Stew’, has kindly offered to be a guest writer. The best way to describe Disco, is he’s full of charater, has a keen dress sense, and is very much a lady’s man.

Without further a-do, Shipwreck’s Guide to Understanding Men is proud to present…

“Disco Stew’s Philosophy”

- by Disco Stew

Now Shipwreck’s asked me put together a little contribution towards this blog thing he’s got going. So I’m sitting back at work, thinking what the hell am I going to write about. When I get an email from the great man who say’s “write about something you feel passionately about, that usually works”.So here it goes.

Like the creator of this blog, I too have myself a misses. Not that I’m ever aloud to call her that by the way, it’s an expensive title she keeps on telling me, but anyway we hang out, we do our thing same as any couple I guess.

Now prior to this little Sharon popping up into Disco Stew’s life, I had been a single somewhat promiscuous fella, so am pretty used to “The Hunt” and subsequently the Sunday arvo story telling session, where the boys will get together and have a laugh about what Stew did last night with “whats-her-face” or what me best mate Smasher has dragged off the dance floor (there’s a pic of him towards the bottom right).Subsequently I’ve got this theory that we as men gain 90% of our confidence and pride from our ability to draw the attention of the opposite sex. And then the other 10% from what we do after…

But it’s the 90% I want to talk about!

Everyone’s got that mate who’s always been kind of average with the girls (never had any Sunday stories!!), you know the one who all of a sudden found himself a girl and has now become the king of telling people how they should pick up, what angle to take, and all this because this fella has finally found himself an equally socially retarded partner, who finds him attractive, thus his confidence levels are obviously high at this point.

Now most of us single men, we put in a lot of time trying to attract the attention of our female counterparts. When we have some success we boast to the lads over a few pints and our confidence levels rise, until the next weekend when we do it all over again, back to work at maintaining this level of self-belief.

However now and again we do become attached men, things change. No longer is it cool for you to give that girl on the train with cracking legs a cheeky smile each morning, and no longer is it cool for you flirt across the bar to the older bird who looks up for anything. These things, which for so many years have brought you pleasure and self-belief are no longer acceptable to your new lady friend.But for the girls our there, do you want a man that’s only wanted by you?

The answer is NO!!! You want to have a bloke on your arm that you know other girls are looking across thinking “I wonder what he sees in her?” “What’s she got that I don’t?” Yeah that’s right, Your just as superficial as we are!!Like many blokes I find it quite entertaining to just test how much my misses will let me get away with, but one of these days (probably after she reads this!) she will say “Hey Disco, I’ve had enough of your shite, I’m outa here!!”

Now where would I be if I hadn’t given my ego the odd boost it needed with the occasional cheeky smile to the girl on the train, or the cold shoulder to the girl that looks like she could have any man in the room. It’s been these little confidence boosters along the way that would give me any sort of chance at getting her back. This is because she can see that it’s not just her that finds Disco Stew attractive, but there are crazy others out there prepared to call themselves Misses Disco.So girls try not to be mad with your boy when you catch him with a wandering eye or when you see him doing a little rubber necking. He’s just making sure he’s still got it, which means you’ve got it too.

Disco Stew.