Shipwreck’s Guide to Understanding Men

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Archive for the ‘scoring points’ Category

Greeting Your Partner in Public

By Shipwreck • Jun 2nd, 2008 • Category: hints & tips, lead Story, relationship advice, relationship troubles, scoring points

As silly as it sounds, many couples (and singles) just don’t get this right. It’s a very simple way of making or breaking a healthy relationship, or just totally embarrassing the opposite sex, and ultimately yourself.



Guys Must Lie or Girls Will Cry

By Shipwreck • Mar 14th, 2008 • Category: how to please your partner, lead Story, relationship advice, scoring points

A few months back a reader asked me why guys tell girls what they always want to here, as opposed to the truth.  It’s true, I do it, all guys do it…but we do it for a reason. 
We do it because generally we get emotionally blackmailed, resulting in a no-win situation.  Which means ladies, yes, […]



Shipwreck’s Rules for Taking Guys to Formal Events & Weddings

By Shipwreck • Jan 17th, 2008 • Category: lead Story, scoring points, uncategorized

Most girls already know this, but guys have it easy when it comes to formal events and weddings - suit, spit’n'polish the shoes, a bit of hair wax, and you’re there - out the door in 30 mins max.



Top 7 Ultimate Male Sexual Accessories

By Shipwreck • Jan 9th, 2008 • Category: buying gifts for guys, dress sense, lead Story, scoring points

Females are attracted to guys that are good at what they do. Their natural instinct is to want to be with the ‘best’ male in a particular area. This goes back to the hunter & protector idea that Shipwreck has talked about a few times previously. Here’s how it works…



Christmas Presents for Guys - What to Buy Your Man

By Shipwreck • Nov 25th, 2007 • Category: buying gifts for guys, how to please your partner, relationship advice, scoring points

‘Twas just one month til Christmas,
and all through the house,
not a creature is stirring,
except for your brain ticking over what on earth you’re going to buy the man/men in your life for Christmas!!
Buying Christmas gifts for guys can be a chore, so Shipwreck’s here to give you some great ideas on buying your guy […]



How to Push a Guy’s Buttons…BIG TIME!

By Shipwreck • Nov 19th, 2007 • Category: how to please your partner, relationship advice, relationship troubles, scoring points

Have you ever wondered what really annoys a guy? Are you wanting to get in his good books? Do you want to know how to push his buttons to your advantage?

Well Shipwreck had a bit of experience with this on the weekend, so he can let you in on a simple but pretty important thing […]



3 Things Men Can’t Resist

By Shipwreck • Nov 4th, 2007 • Category: dress sense, hints & tips, how to please your partner, listening, scoring points, smiling

Well my fluoro green shirt came out again this weekend…not to wear out at night, but to cover myself when I had to answer the door to the cops (it was the closest thing I could find!) A car windscreen had been smashed beneath my balcony and they were just asking if anyone had seen […]



Scoring Points with the Opposite Sex

By Shipwreck • Oct 30th, 2007 • Category: how to please your partner, relationship troubles, scoring points

*It’s my partner’s birthday today, so it prompted me to tell you a little something about how gifts work for both sexes*
Dating, flirting, and ’scoring points’ with the opposite sex is misunderstood, largely by males. Males and females use completely different scoring systems when it comes to measuring up someone’s ‘love’ or ‘lust’ for them.
Consider […]