Mona's Man Tip #1

I know most of the men out there just want to see women happy. It is why many of you go to great lengths, in many different ways, to make women happy: you want to see we are cheerful. Men capture our hearts because of these endearing efforts. I love the idea... in concept.

I think I speak for most of the female population when I offer this advice to men:

If you are not someone whom I have authorized to take my picture, do not order me to smile. I don't care if you are a stranger on the street or my lover on top of me - do not tell me to smile. I can be happy without smiling. Let me have my feelings, my times of being distracted, and my ability to be completely absorbed in something.

Unless you are one of my parents teaching me how to relate in the world, do not say "You should say 'thank you;' that was a compliment." You might not have considered that, in my eyes, what you just said wasn't a compliment. Maybe to me it was an insult. Or maybe you didn't word the compliment powerfully enough for me to hear it. Which is why I did not respond. It is nice that you are giving me a compliment, and if I notice it as such I will say thank you, or blush, or most likely do both at the same time.

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Let's Play A Game

Here's a fun game:

I'm in Walgreen's. There is a woman in line in front of me. Between the two of us, we buy a carton of cigarettes and a pregnancy test.

Q: Which one did I buy?

Ooooh this is fun! You're agonizing, aren't you? The answer is: negative.