Man Makeover

Hi peeps,

Should men get dolled up?

Great boyfriends are not always perfect. Sometimes they eat with their mouth open and fart in the public. So if your guy is damn hot, intelligent and on your wavelength, don’t ditch him because he burns the toast and never declares “you compete me”. Instead, train your current guy to be the kind of man you want to be with even though it will take years. Believe me. I have experience on training my own darling. Nagging is definitely the big NO. Instead of hassling him or making empty threats, apply effective guy-changing strategies to his most unacceptable habits.

Imagine you have to wait for your special one on a special occasion for three hours straight doing nothing in a mall. What would you feel? Stress eyh? Well, there’s no need for that now. This is what you should do if he never arrives on time. When he arrives late, make him wait for an hour while you have a shower, fix your hair, redo your make-up and try on a mountain of different dresses. If he complains, give him the lamest excuse you’ve ever created in your life. Then, when you’re ready to go just tell him calmly that you’ve just given him a taste of his own medicine and hope he found it as infuriating as you do when he runs late. However, if he can’t be bothered showing up on time. Don’t waste your precious time. Ring a cab and go without him. Don’t call and tell him where you’re going and don’t leave him a note explaining – be as rude and insensitive as he is being. If he’s late for a date with just the two of you, call a girlfriend and stay at her place for the nights or just hangout with your best buddies without him knowing anything. Do anything you want. He’ll get the message that you won’t be taken for granted.

if he's late one more time, you could explode!

I’ve once encountered with car-addicted guy. When I first dated him, terms like twin cam, carburetor and fuel injection were off limits. Come on! You talked about parts of car on our first date? What do I know about parts of car? All I know is the car itself. What make you think us, the women would care for the part of the cars? We don’t bother because we know that we have you. The guys! However, car parts communication is the top of the chart for the most bored conversation ever created by human being especially on the first date. Nevertheless, it is as easy as 1,2,3 in order to make him stop from slipping into motorhead speak. Get a beginners book about cars and the next time he’s raving on, stop him until you look up that car part so you know what he’s talking about. Hopefully, you will irritate him so much he will shut up. When he talks about cars start babble about fashion. If he mentions gearshift, you mention Gaultier; if he raves about the suspension, talk about seeing some cute suspenders in a lingerie shop. That way he will notice that he’s is lame and pathetic and will stop talking about car and start talking about something else.

There is thousand of ways to change him. Tap his emotion. Point out how he’ll benefit from the change. Give positive reinforcement even when it is not yet deserved. Support him instead of neglected him. Ask him if there are any ways you could be more supportive for him before you gently suggest ways he could be more supportive for you. Just remember that men are actually childish but scared to admit it. All you have to do is guide and pampered them.

- nur dhiya abdullah-