Dear Beautiful Men,

I love you. I really do. But stop arguing for a minute and just listen.

The reason you fail with women is that you think they’re all the same.

They’re not some hydra-headed beast—many faces, one monstrous being. They’re not the feminine Borg. They do not communicate by hive-mind. We’re just people.

They’re not a physical wonderland to play in, or an inexhaustible cornucopia of delights sent by God to please you. They aren’t a delectable yet deadly flesh buffet. We’re just people.

They aren’t maddening fairies who grant or withhold favors on a whim. They’re not sucking, conniving tar-pits from your nightmares. There aren’t teeth up there. We’re just people.

When we don’t do what you want, it doesn’t mean we’re malfunctioning.

When we do what you want, it could just be our preference too.

Some of us rock, and some of us are jerks.

You won’t ever “figure out women”, because no one person can ever truly “figure out” any other person—let alone find a key in one woman and use it to unlock the whole gender. Those who say they’ve done so are lying to themselves and to you, trying to rob you of your time and money, just like they accuse women of doing. You know this.

So the next time you see a woman who interests you, please don’t freeze up and strategize. Please try to clear your eyes, your mind and your heart. The woman you see before you is not your mother, your string of ex-girlfriends, or your string of rejections. She’s not an aggregate of magazine and video images. She’s just a person.

You have less to fear than you think you do.

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