my two penn'orth...
I, too, spent a large propertion of my teen years wondering why I was ideal as a "friend", the first port of call when girls wanted a friendly ear, some advice or help and yet, for some reason, none of them wanted to drain my nuts for me. As a 6ft tall rugby player I certainly wasn't the weedy type, but it took a while to dawn on me that it doesn't matter what you look like.

Sadly, the idea of "treat 'em mean and keep 'em keen" has some truth to it - when I stopped trying to find a soulmate and instead just looked for the next random shag, things perked up. I even told a girl point-blank that I didn't want to be anything more than a friend as I didn't want a relationship of any kind, at which point she practically threw herself at me.

I'm no super-stud, I'm not a millionaire and I am just an normal, average kinda guy. I'll totally agree that it's about confidence - regardless of what a girl/woman might say, she wants her man to be a protector, confident enough to allow her to let her insecurities run riot and masculine. If you head down the metrosexual route of being caring/sharing/namby/pamby and have zero reek of testosterone about you, you can guarantee no girl (other than the odd nutjob) will want you. Girls are insecure enough about themselves and paranoid enough about what other girls think of their hair/weight/makeup/whatever to make damn sure they don't want to have to be the ones with the testicles in a relationship.

Respect them, obviously, but be a man about it - anything else starts to reek of either a)desperation, or b) insecurity and weakness. Neither are traits your prospective partner are going to be looking for.

I have to say, though, brixton, that most girls I've known (including the missus) find a cockslap just as funny as me...so, you're not alone!
(Chad, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 13:29, 1 reply)

you speak the truth, there.
also, if i had a wing wong, i'd be walking around all day just randomly slapping things with it. and i'd probably twirl it a lot, too.
( gypsy turnips, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 13:34, closed)

I'd trade you..
for a day - you can slap and twirl to your heart's content and I'll sit and feel smug* :-)

*that may be a euphemism
(Chad, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 13:42, closed)

Yeah, well
If had had a pair of what you've got I'd never leave the house!
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 14:38, closed)