With another six billion people sharing the planet with the relatively insignificant number of us reading this article, one would think that most of us would naturally intuit that men and women were designed to get along with each other. After all, how else did we get here?

However, if you look at some of the “dating advice” and “seduction training” that are popular these days, especially for men, you’d think the opposite sex was the Viet Cong or even Al Qaeda… only more mysterious. and potentially dangerous.

Seriously, do we want to fill our lives with great women or launch the Tet Offensive?

Who can be sure? After all, when guys get together to learn how to divide and conquer… er… go meet women, it’s almost universally called “boot camp.” And who cares if the concept of “Sarging” is named after a cat? Sounds good, at least in this context. Some writings go so far as to overtly use military-inspired imagery.

And whatever’s going on, it had better be a covert “clandestine” operation. If the women ever found out what was being planned underground, our top-secret mobilization would be useless.

I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if someone soon started marketing their latest and greatest seduction product as “recently declassified by the CIA.” Actually, on second thought… too late.

Meanwhile, behind “enemy lines” – whose whereabouts can be poetically summed up as “No Man’s Zone” – the latest recon reveals the insidious plot of the “Pinkos” (Emily would consider this a compliment if taken literally, for instance). certain). ) are scheme. Basically, her plan is to get the Evil Male Empire to (gasp!) DEFECT on her side. And they have their ways of making us talk. And be more sensitive. And stop being so… well… masculine.

Okay, that’s enough. As much as I’m having endless fun here, my stomach can’t handle that much.

Here it is: we’re never going to get anywhere with the opposite sex, especially the TOP RUNG of it, if we can’t stand it.

Of course, maybe it’s not all that they say. My basic opinion is that guys who dive headfirst into the “pickup” community often end up more involved in a live version of “Halo” than anything to do with real relationships with women. Getting a bunch of digits and/or emails in a club and then comparing scores with your friends at 2am sounds great, frankly. But it’s more like a “laser tag with a liquor license” than anything relevant to attraction and seduction. However, get good at “picking up” and you basically won’t have to worry about being alone with a woman ever again. So it’s not really a “war on women” or anything. I think most men like women. This is more like what a dog does once he actually CATCHES the car he’s chasing.

And that, gentlemen, is exactly as far as the “paint by numbers” game can go. Welcome to the hidden topic at stake here. The “real life video game” is a lot of fun. But that still leaves women hoping that some men actually care enough about THEM to show up.

As for the ladies, a friend of mine once summed up popular “dating advice” for women pretty well when she said, “I think all of that is designed to help women find closure after being dumped.” Those were her words, not mine. On the other hand, having written them with my own hand also makes them my words, doesn’t it?

What happened to having confidence in the opposite sex? Did that go away with the pandemic increase in the lack of confidence in OURSELVES that we see today? Face it: two neutral creatures CANNOT be sexually attracted to each other. Neuter and sterilize your cats and dogs and they’ll be lying around the house staring at each other. Then they will eat. Then they will take a nap. YOU, on the other hand, don’t necessarily have to live that lifestyle. You can experience the amazing depth that life offers when you take risks and ENJOY the opposite gender because you EXPECT THE BEST from the opposite gender.

Is that too optimistic for you? Yeah, well… think like that and you can get burned here and there. After all, human nature transcends the limits of sexuality. But it’s still better than sitting down to play video games.