MK> That is an excellent strategy although I can see it sort of failing,
 MK> but can only think of cases where failure is probably really a success
 MK> depending on the point of view.  Most males I know only date for one
 MK> reason, which may be okay but then might not be.  Going out wherever
 MK> just to shoot the breeze, perhaps a bit of flirting (just to keep
 MK> those skills honed ... of course) sounds like fun to me.  Mind you,
 MK> being male and all that, the REAL reason sometimes is there no matter
 MK> what the intentions started out being.  What can I say?  I am only
 MK> human.  :-)

This thinking is where the book "Men are from Mars:Women are from Venus"
started I guess. Sure that would fail if the only reason a man goes out with
you is for an intimate encounter (being nice there hehehe). I would like to
think, but know it isn't true, that a guy would want to get to know me before
"that" happened and at least like me. The problem is that most
men were taught
that they are owed the intimate encounter just because. See, it is the men that
cause the tension in a date. For men it is wondering if they will get *IT* and
for women wondering if they are going to have to fight the guy off. Of course,
it is a different story if both want it. That could happen. ;-)

Sharon

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