Friday, February 27, 2009

Why Love Should Be Your First Priority

For many guys, love isn't the first priority. Maybe your parents are against her. Maybe you have education or work to worry about. Maybe you have money problems.

Why should it stop you, though?!

Think about it. If you are in love, as in REAL TRUE LOVE, why not risk everything for it?! If you truly love a girl, chase her with all your might. If you and your girlfriend are in love, do everything to keep her. If the woman you love just left you, win her back.

Excuses are for the weak, for losers who are afraid of rejection.

If your love is the real deal, give it your all. Who knows, what if you never experience the same thing again? What if you can never find a girl who makes you as happy as she does, what if you can't find a girl who you laugh with as hard as you do with her, what if you never meet another girl who is as talented and smart as she is?

I reinforce again, if you really like her, go for it. Don't let excuses and priorities stop you.

Would you rather be homeless but with someone who you truly love, who will entertain you and interest you no matter where you are, or would you rather be a lonely workaholic, with a huge empty cold mansion with no one to share it with?

No sane person would prefer the mansion. Why would you choose lonely over love?!

If you have never properly thought of it before, think about it. True love should be worth risking everything.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Truth About Edward Cullen

Unless you've been under one hell of a rock or are accessing this blog from a galaxy far, far away, you've probably heard of the Twilight Saga. If you've read any of the books from the series (and if you decide to start any day, I encourage you do so from book one as the further you go -- well, lets just say that the first book is the best of the series!! [OMGz ~ Wii Luv Edwardz!!!]).

Even if you have not seen the cover of the books, you'd probably have heard it is about a mediocre (ordinary teenager gurl) youngster who migrated to a town far far away from San F. This town is called Folks and she falls in love with a 107 yo virgin and gangster (by gangster & virgin, I mean vampire).

Nuff, we hear. You've probably done enough EC research yourself now so we can get basic algebra truly out of sight.

We've received a few emails from girls (or are they?) who wish their 'perfect guy' - whether he be theirs or theirs in their wonderful land called imagination - to be... lets just say more perfect. And by more perfect, we mean Edward Cullen.

So what's up with this guy? We give you girl interpretation of Edward Cullen and the reasons behind the millions of girls wearing "Team Edward" panties. (I don't own one, but you might need to check just to make sure.)
  • He's facially perfect. Your solution: consult magician and/or plastic surgeon.
  • He's bodily perfect. Your solution: renew gym membership and/or learn how to swim.
  • He's a gentleman. Consult mother.
  • BUT he's a bit of a bad boy. Oh so you can get the best of both worlds. He's nice to you when appropriate (i.e. to make yo friends soo jealous) but you know he's so spank you hard when uhmm.. the time comes which requires this being so.
    I feel bad for talking about girls who desires both these contradicting traits of a male in a bad light for I myself hardly an exception upon true self reflection. The thing is, the books didn't create the character of Edward Cullen. Simply, Stephenie Meyer only extracted this universal desire of the male race into one being that EC is. In other words, for years and years girls have always wanted these two features in a male personality.
    Your solution: I don't know. Become a bit of a badass, but not too much?
  • He's generous. So he's rich and he attempts at showering her with gifts.
    I know, I know. Something about this screams "FEMINISM - WHAT THE FRENCH HAPPENED TO THAT?". Even though Bella repeatedly refuse them, anyone with half a brain would understand it is the notion that truly brings about and place emphasis upon his wealth and generousity as consequently, he resorted her to accepting more, even heftier tagged gifts.
  • He wants her (sexually, in case anyone missed the euphemism) her so bad, but he puts her virginity first. In other words, he's horny as (which contributes to his masculinity scores) but would rather kill himself than risk making it bad for her.
    She even puts herself out (stripping him to reveal his perfect "ice sculpture" body and unbuttoning her own shirt which got him CRAZY) but he was like "No, thank you! Put it back on, you naughty little girl!"
    "Why?? I want to have you. Cmon, please? Do it with me?"
    "No! You know, you're killing me like this?"
    "Then lets do it!"
    "No, we shall wait. Because I love you. Even though I am so hot right now, I am more in love with you than I am hot therefore NO!"
    This means the sex would be hellagood when it does happen. Anyone with the other half a brain would have guessed from book one that its gunna happen.
    Your solution: Stay a virgin and insist upon it for a very long, long while. Good luck.
  • He dazzles. Your solution: buy glitter.
Sorry guys, I've been busy so this post is late late late!! Well by a day but to those who asked about it, I'm really sorry for having to make you even have to ask about it. Peace (school girl smile)?

Monday, February 23, 2009

How To Get Over A Girl

Relationships can be all happy and dandy, but when they end you can start to feel lost and directionless. But not to worry, The Guyde is here to save you. (That is our sole purpose, after all.)

So, The Guyde’s Official Guide to Help You Get Over That Girl You Just Can’t Seem to Stop Thinking About:

Give it Time. Everything takes time, and you can’t expect yourself to just get over her quick fast.

Rid of all things that remind you of her. You may think that you’re doing fine one moment, but it only takes one thought of her and you may be back to square one again. So play it safe and disinfect your whole house of EVERYTHING. Yes, ESPECIALLY that jumper of her’s that you’re still sleeping with.

Build your perfect lover. No, SHE is not perfect. There is someone else who is even better than her in every aspect. Make a list of all the qualities this perfect lover possesses and fall in love. Examples of qualities to help you get start off include: the ability to make you smile in any given situation, and don’t even try to tell me SHE can do that, because right now, SHE CAN’T, CAN SHE?!

Avoid her. Making excuses to talk/see her needs to stop NOW.

Make a list of all negative things about her. Blow it up, print it out, and stick it up on a wall where you know you’ll see it often. Go out of your way to pass by it every so often to engrave the reasons into your head.

Friday, February 20, 2009

She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

Liking girls can be hard. One moment, you are almost positive that she likes you back. The next moment, she is completely uninterested, and you ask yourself if she even knows who you are. There are three usual reasons:

She likes you.
Stereotypically, she expects you to make the first move. She's into you, but she doesn't want to make that too obvious, in case it turns you off. That's why she acts uninterested sometimes. But sometimes its hard to keep all the emotion in, and she can't help but to be interested. Or maybe she likes you, but she isn't sure whether or not you like her back. She might try to stop herself from liking you, hence the lack of interest sometimes. But if she likes you enough, you'll still be able to pull her back like a magnet.

She's playing hard to get (i.e. she likes you)
Many girls believe that the way to keep a guy on his toes is to play hard to get. Keep him curious, keep him questioning whether or not she really likes him, let him do the chasing. And if you're here reading this, chances are that it worked. She really has got you wondering whether or not she's interested. Obvious signs are: flirting with other guys, looking into your eyes across the room for a while, then quickly turning away, asking you many questions about your life and such, then suddenly acting disinterested, days of heightened conversations, then nothing.

Face it, she doesn't like you.
Sorry to break it to you, but maybe she's just not into you. If she's smiling at you from across the room, maybe she's smiling because she's happy. If she's blowing kisses at you, maybe they were meant to be for the guy behind you. If you hold her gaze often, maybe she just forgot to put her contacts on, and she doesn't realise she's looking into your eyes. Always keep this option at the back of your mind, don't fall for false hope. However, if you really do like this girl, this shouldn't stop you. Keep trying! You never know, maybe when she finally does notice you, she'll fall in love!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

The Real Deal About Valentines Day.

Sorry, this post is late by a few hours I know (and apologize) but unfortunately I have been away from the computer and gettin' shagged since Vday. (Ha, no.)

We've received a few emails from some readers about Valentines Day. To sum everything up, you guys said:
  • Thanks for the ideas, I was about get her (something stupid).
  • Valentine's Day is STUPID. Why are you endorsing it?
  • Valentine's Day is GAY and it's a completely commercialized holiday and holds NO significance.
  • Love should not be celebrated ONCE a year but everyday. You should love whoever you love every day, not just for one designated day.
Please understand the author of this post is a dangerously romantic girl who has not grown old enough to have lost her passion yet. She is in the prime of her youth, if you may. She is not some anti-mainstream, anti-conformism chick staying far and wide out from the crowd. With this understanding, you may clearly see where I am coming from.

I think Valentine's Day is great. It's a super fantastic delicious day. Why? Because it's the day that everybody know a day 'dedicated to love'. However, I don't love it.

I'm completely neutral about it, actually. I'm not those girls who wake up in the morning and fret over how many roses she'd get during the day compared to her equally busty girlfriend. And I am definitely far from the people who go around giving people dirties on Valentine's Day because they are "endorsing it".

However, Valentine's Day is a magnificent day because it is another day and therefore just like any other day - not because it is Valentine's Day - we should love, love, love lurve!

Love is wonderful and should be celebrated at every chance and every opportunity that may call on it. And isn't Valentine's Day like any other day and thus should be celebrated as well?

So what if it's commercial. It's a day that people can dedicate to love and what is so wrong with that?

Back to the days when I were a 13 year old cool teeny bopper aNDZ typin lyk DIZ, I, too started to believe in the "boycott Valentine's Day! It's too commercial" crap. This was probably because I did not understand the HELL it was with that! It just sounded out of mainstream and thus cool.

This was until I grew up and realized I was 12 no longer and decided to expanded my horizons, especially because as I said - I am extremely romantic. It didn't take long. Googling Valentines Day, Saint Valentines with history brings back plenty of information. And when I read into it, Valentine's Day is pretty awesome. It may not be awesome today because we made it SUCK but at it's core, it's a wonderful day to remember the sacrifices of some people in history for what we enjoy each and everyday. Love.

You don't have to go over the top for Valentine's Day because real love shouldn't be physical or have a hefty price tag attached. Love should be in there.

Love on Valentine's Day as if it's any other day. And remember, some people in some parts of the world, now or before or in the future may be willing to die for love. If you don't have a Valentine this year or next, celebrate it for them.

Monday, February 16, 2009

What She's Thinking When...

You‘re at the cinemas-
She’s thinking: I bet he’s just about to reach over and hold my hand
You’re thinking: Check out that awesome scene!
You: reach over and hold her hand.

She shows you her new outfit-
She’s thinking: I bet he LOVES this on me!
You’re thinking: All her outfits look the same; doesn’t she have ten million black dresses already?
You: compliment her and tell her how great she looks.

She texts you-
She’s thinking: Why isn’t he replying? Does this mean he isn’t interested?
You’re thinking: Crap, no credit.
You: find a way of replying to her, whether it be calling her up, or bringing it up next time you see her and apologising. (Make sure ‘next time you see her’ isn’t a few weeks later, though.)

You give her a baseball cap as a present-
She’s thinking: Not the bouquet of roses I was expecting, but I rally should act as if I appreciate it…
You’re thinking: Now she can come out and play baseball with my friends!
You: See here. And here.

She tells you nothing is wrong, when she is obviously looking down-
She’s thinking: I want him to keep questioning me. It’ll show he cares.
You’re thinking: Okay if it’s nothing, I’m hungry.
You: Ask her what’s on her mind, but don’t over do it. If she really doesn’t want to tell you, she will get annoyed.

She’s flirting with other guys:
She’s thinking: I hope he can see this, and he better start getting jealous and whisk me away from here.
You’re thinking: Maybe she’s not so interested in me.
You: well, whisk her away!

She mentions something she wants to do repetitively-
She’s thinking: I bet he’s planning the perfect date for us!
You’re thinking: Ok, so that place may be legendary, why must she bring it up so often?
You: come to some senses and plan that legendary date already!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Last Minute Valentine's Day Gift

So you read our last post on Valentine's Day gifts, but forgot about it and just realised that you have less than 24 hours to find a gift for your girl. Not to worry! I have a last minute gift list ready for the forgetful ones. Of course, you don't have time to be creative, so follow this list if you're in haste, and you can't go wrong:

If you plan to ask her out on Valentine's Day: a single rose. It's sweet, charming, and extremely romantic, but not over-the-top.

If she's your girlfriend (short term): a single rose, soft toy or candy. Sweet but not too personal, you don't want her to think you're going too fast.

If she's your girlfriend (long term): bouquet of roses + card, lingerie if she's the type to like it. Most women would prefer lingerie over candy, because it lasts longer. However, only give her lingerie if you two have a really close but open relationship. You don't want her to think that you want to bed her. If you get her lingerie, make sure it's in the right size.

If she's your fiance/wife: bouquet of roses, arranged by a florist with a personal card containing a thoughtful message, or jewellery. Jewellery is a personal thing, it will last long, and chances are she'll wear it a lot, so buy good quality. A nice romantic dinner for two at a restaurant is also recommended.

This guideline is pretty much common knowledge, and a mutual rule amongst women. Roses are a must, red roses that is. If you're the extreme romantic time, give her yellow roses (they mean eternal love), but only if you're sure she'll understand what they mean.

The gifts towards the beginning for more impersonal, for someone you know less, and the more personal and expensive gifts should be reserved for someone you have known for a while. Do not try to give a girl lingerie on your first date- it will scare her. And do not give candy to your wife, she'll pretend to appreciate it, but she would probably prefer jewellery.

-Ebony

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Guy Guide to Valentines Day Amidst the World Economic Crisis.

So, you:
  • have just been kicked out of home
  • lost that football bet
  • lost a game of poker
  • lost your job
  • lost your wallet
  • a student
We understand that not all guys are rich and that's okay. You don't have to be rich to be the sweetest guy in the world (well, it'd kind of help though. A lot.). Make her feel special this year, even if you are in a tight ass budget. The first rule is to be creative. Below are few ideas to get your brains pumping. Or in case you've left it last minute and now you're thinking "SHIT!". Every true love story is unique and so make it so. Feel free to modify these to any extent. You can change it completely. Remember, this is a show of love for her on one of many days you should make her feel like the one and only woman left on this planet.
  • Make a compilation of all her favorite songs. The songs on it should be significant or an inside joke to your relationship and that is why it is so special wonderful and well done in the past. Put songs that you have danced together to (trust me, she remembers and replay that video with audio over and over in her head when she's bored!), songs you know she loves. Songs with the sweetest lyrics. Add ones that are a bit of an inside joke to the both of you only. Be creative.
  • Give her an all year 'round gift. Cut out hearts and write "I love you because..." or "I love you more than..." and give them to her every day for the next year til next Vday. This really shows that Vday is just another day you love her. She'll appreciate it in the long run :)
    Nothing. Unless you want to buy precut hearts which shouldn't cost so much either.
  • Send candy hearts and roses and chocolate. Who doesn't like a bit of tradition. Be careful - if she's the type that hates conventional this might be seen as 'uncreative' to her. Most girls like a bit of cheesy sweetness, though ;)
  • Pack a picnic and just lie back and watch the day move past you.
  • Go to the library and make out.
  • Hide gifts or cards or messages all around her life so she'd find them throughout the day.
  • Surprise her. Show up at her doorsteps bright and early and scream "I LOVE YOU!!" (Make sure her parents won't mind. Make sure you've MET them/they know who the heck you are beforehand if she hasn't moved out! If not - twist this idea about a bit ;D)
  • Do her chores for her for the entire day/week/month. Do her homework, do her dishes - you get my drift.
  • Make her a cake.
  • Dress up and sing something stupid to her. Extra points for a creative/uncreative dance :)

Monday, February 9, 2009

"I Love You"

Last week, I talked about the meaning of love. I also mentioned that love is an important thing to girls, and saying “I love you” isn’t something that should be thought lightly of. You may not, although you should, but girls know the difference between “love” and “like”, and they will expect you to act accordingly.

Never say the three words to a girl if you don’t mean it. Saying it is like taking a huge step in the relationship for them. It signifies that you are wholly committed and you are willing to sacrifice anything for them.

Some guys might think it a great idea to say the three magical words and have a girl forgive/fall even more in love with you. But frankly, if you don’t love her, you don’t. So saying “I love you” to her will only give you pressure if you say it when you don’t mean it. So save yourself.

But if you do love her however, don’t hesitate to say it. Run, don’t walk, and let it be known to her. I promise it will make her heart melt like a ball of butter.

Friday, February 6, 2009

The L Words

So there a few L words that guys must know. Girls take it seriously, so pay attention, and take notes:

1. Like: you like chocolate, you like your friends, you like football. You like women as friends, this is the lowest least meaningful word on the L word chain.

2. Like: yes, that's italics, use it when you want to be slightly more than friends but aren't sure if you want to get serious yet. Be careful when using this word, girls can take it the wrong way. Never say 'I like you' unless you want to start getting romantic. Never say 'I like her' to your friends, and mean that you like her as friend. If you like someone as a friend, CLEARLY STATE SO.

3. Lust: Dangerous thing, can often be mistaken for love. You can like and lust, OR love and lust, but lust and lust alone should not be the basis of a relationship. Lust is the animal-like need to get physical; kiss, touch, sleep together, etc. If you and your girlfriend are all touchy-touchy and no serious talking, it's lust. If you like a girl for her looks and for how she'd probably be in bed, and you have no interest in getting to know who she really is, that's lust. A lustful relationship is fine, as long as both of you know that it's not very serious, that it's more of a friends-with-benefits thing than a boyfriend-girlfriend thing. Leading her on to make her think that the loving will come after you're done with the lusting, IS WRONG.

4. Love: It's a strange thing, some people claim they can tell WHEN it is that they fall in love, others say they come into terms with it eventually. Indicators of love: your heart spasmodically pumping when you see her, you feel all electrified when you touch her, you feel like you've been lightning struck when you catch her eyes, and you feel all numb down to your toes, you feel uncontrollably over-the-top floating-on-air happy, happy enough to make you feel like randomly bursting into song or to make you jump with joy, you grin at the thought of her, she occupies 98% of your thoughts, every single thing she does to indicate her affection to you makes you happy, multiplied a million times, every single thing she does to slightly hurt you, whether she knows it or not, makes you feel down, multiplied a million times. It basically feels like all your senses, feelings and emotions are going haywire.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Are you unknowingly turning me off?

No intro. Lets jump into business.

  • U tipe lyk dis. Unless she tipes lyk dis az wellz, don't! If she uses correct grammar and punctuation online, so should you. I'm not saying to capitalize and spell check everything harder than making a hard copy of your English essay, but basic things such as correct spelling and decent grammar goes a long way. Just like you, most girls like a well educated person to around. As I remember Paige mentioning earlier - you're and your = different! It's okay to do it once, we promise :)
  • Men with Dragon Ball Z hair (hey what happened to that, last I heard of it was 2003!). Seriously.
    Me: Wow, imagine that guy having sex with that hair!
    Person X: Never fear. He will never get laid with that hair in the first place.
  • When guys talk about every girl as if they are meaningless, brainless objects. Some girls are, but most girls aren't and it would really give you extra credit if you appear to have knowledge of that. We understand that you feel that you need to prove you have testosterone and tell the world you are A MAN but sometimes, you just push it. It's not cool, dude.
  • When you make yourself appear smart by dumbing people down.
  • When you talk about girls, and periods as if you are one and do get your periods so therefore you know. You kind of don't and that just makes you look like an ignorant moron who is trying to be funny but unfortunately miserably failing.
  • You openly watch porn. Again, I know this makes you look masculine but to an extent, and anything past that point is downright annoying.
    We know you watch porn. We know the statistics, and unless you are not part of the 100% of all male, then you watch porn. We get it. We get it that you watch porn and it's natural for all guys just as the fact that you also fart, burp, stare at yourself in the mirror and smile cutely and occasionally may choke on your own saliva is. We don't need any of that acknowledged repeatedly.
  • Oversensitivity. Just as much as it annoys the freak out of girls when it's her teeth, it's not the best when its in a guy as well. We like sensitivity, however, too much is always just so; TOO much.
- Alice

Monday, February 2, 2009

Love, Love, Love

Love, if you haven’t already figured out, is a huge deal to girls.

So what is?

Here are a few quotes I found interesting:
  • "Love is friendship set on fire." – unknown
  • "Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." - Mark Twain
  • "To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven." - Karen Sunde
  • "Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away." - Dorothy Parker
  • "Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • “Love is like war: Easy to begin but hard to end." – Anonymous
  • "Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place." - Zora Neale Hurston
  • "Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence." - Erich Fromm
Basically, if you love someone, you will:
  • Do anything for them. Anything at all- You want the moon? Here’s the moon.
  • You want the best for them; you want them to be happy.
  • Overlook their flaws- over a long term.
  • Be happy for them even if your love isn’t reciprocated.
So now think. So you really LOVE your partner, or is it more infatuation?