Shipwreck’s Guide to Understanding Men

*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 this scenario:

• Ladies - your man buys you one single rose.
• Men - your lady buys you one new shirt (let’s say it’s fluoro green for arguments sake

The scorecard will read like this:

• Points scored by man for buying a rose = 10
• Points scored by women for buying a new shirt = 5

This is not to say that men place any less importance on a gift. Heck, I’d love another fluoro green shirt!

Now consider this:

• Ladies, your man buys you a dozen roses.
• Men, consider this - your lady buys you 5 new fluoro green shirts

The new scorecard will read like this:

• Points scored by man for buying a dozen roses = 10
• Points scored by women for buying 5 new shirts = 25

The point is, guys use a completely different scoring system to females. I think most ladies will agree with me, men can do you one small little favour or buy you one small thing, and it scores BIG. Men on the other hand, they use a quantity-based score card.

HINT: This is a big reason why when women get tired of their man and try and leave or break up with them, men often try and shower their partners with many gifts. They mistakenly think that they are scoring points the more that they buy…because this is how a male would think!

As a male, I fortunately understand the scoring system, but admittedly do not stick to it 100% of the time. And ladies, it’s not to say that you don’t appreciate when a guy does something very nice for you, or that he shouldn’t do it more often!

If a guy is going ‘over the top’ and you think it is not working for him, politely remind him of todays lesson. Or, if he’s going ‘over the top’ and you’re loving it…milk him for it while you can!

P.S. Wishing my girlfriend a very Happy Birthday, and I hope you like your present….you will soon tell I sometimes can’t help but ignore the scoring system xxx