For thousands of years, men have tried to understand the rules when
dealing with women. Finally, this merit/demerit guide will help you
to understand just how it works. Remember, in the world of romance,
one single rule applies: Make the woman happy. Do something she
likes, and you get points. Do something she dislikes and points are
subtracted. You don't get any points for doing something she expects.
Sorry, but that's the way the game is played.

Here is a guide to the points system:

SIMPLE DUTIES
1) You make the bed..............................................+1
2) You make the bed, but forget to add the decorative pillows.... 0
3) You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets...................-1
4) You leave the toilet seat up..................................-5
5) You replace the toilet paper roll when it is empty............ 0
6) When the toilet paper roll is barren, you resort to Kleenex...-1
7) When the Kleenex runs out you use the next bathroom...........-2
8) You go out to buy her extra-light panty liners with wings.....+5
in the snow.........................+8
but return with beer................-5
and no liners......................-25
9) You check out a suspicious noise at night..................... 0
10) You check out a suspicious noise and it is nothing............ 0
11) You check out a suspicious noise and it is something..........+5
You pummel it with a six iron............................+10
It's her cat.............................................-40

AT THE PARTY
1) You stay by her side the entire party......................... 0
2) You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a
College drinking buddy........................................-2
Named Tiffany.................................................-4
Tiffany is a dancer..........................................-10
With breast implants.........................................-18

HER BIRTHDAY
1) You remember her birthday......................................0
2) You buy a card and flowers.....................................0
3) You take her out to dinner.................................... 0
4) You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar..........+1
Okay, it is a sports bar..................................-2
And it's all-you-can-eat night............................-3
It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night, and your face
is painted the colors of your favorite team..............-10

A NIGHT OUT WITH THE BOYS
1) Go with a pal..................................................0
2) The pal is happily married....................................+1
3) The pal is single.............................................-7
He drives a Ferrari..........................................-10
With a personalized license plate (GR8NBED)..................-25

A NIGHT OUT WITH HER
1) You take her to a movie.......................................+2
2) You take her to a movie she likes.............................+4
You take her to a movie you hate..............................+6
You take her to a movie you like..............................-2
It's called Death Cop 3.......................................-3
Which features Cyborgs that eat humans........................-9
You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans.. ...-15

YOUR PHYSIQUE
1) You develop a noticeable pot belly...............................-15
2) You develop a noticeable pot belly & exercise to get rid of it...+10
3) You develop a noticeable pot belly and resort to loose jeans and
baggy Hawaiian shirts............................................-30
4) You say, "It doesn't matter, you have one too.".............-800

THE BIG QUESTION
1) She asks, "Does this dress make me look fat?"
2) You hesitate in responding...................................-10
3) You reply, "Where?"..........................................-35
4) You reply, "No, I think it's your *** "......................-100
5) Any other response...........................................-20

COMMUNICATION
1) When she wants to talk about a problem:
2) You listen, displaying a concerned expression..................0
3) You listen, for over 30 minutes...............................+5
4) You relate to her problem and share a similar experience......+50
5) Your mind wanders to sports and you suddenly hear her saying
"well, what do you think I should do".........................-50
6) You listen for more than 30 minutes without looking at the T.V.....+100
7) She realizes this is because you have fallen asleep..........-200

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The MOST Conservative Grrl

1970 Mustang Coupe, the SheStang
1964 Fairlane Sedan, constant project
'94 Mustang GT Convertible, canary yellow, the Queen Bee "you can run, but you can't hive"

Mustangsandmore.com Member #142

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Originally posted by Stewart:
Hehehehehehe...we don't need no stinkin' rules!!!

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sure ya do....
otherwise you couldnt break them.....
isnt that the best part??????
heh heh

kk

So you brush up on those rules...

Dave & Terri

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Originally posted by Dave Gibson:
Ked,
You forgot to mention that a woman reserves the right to change the rules at any given moment and with out any prior notice. LOL

Dave & Terri

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I'm screwed!

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Originally posted by Mike65:
RULES! what rules I did'nt know there any rules. And i have been married for 15 years, how about that!!!.

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Originally posted by AKBOSSMAN:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mike65:
[b]RULES! what rules I did'nt know there any rules. And i have been married for 15 years, how about that!!!.

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Rules??? Dang it! Now they tell me! Is this rule list common knowledge? And if it is, why on earth didn't I ever hear of it.... Oh man, I am doomed....

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Motor Safe!

Don't you see how romantic that would be, esp. if you met or had your first date there?

Everytime my hubby and I go to the restaurant of our first date, he always points out the area where we sat...(where "it all began")18 years ago...

He told me years later that he only had $20 in his pocket and I remember him telling me to order anything on the menu that I wanted...He apologized for not buying me some flowers on our first date, but he was afraid he'd run out of $$ !!

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Originally posted by Mustang Tally:

Everytime my hubby and I go to the restaurant of our first date, he always points out the area where we sat...(where "it all began")18 years ago...

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All you guys need to take note...it's the small things that mean the world to us women..that's what romance is all about!

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LuAnn -

1996 Cobra Coupe
The owner and other part-time driver of one BADASS Black Cobra

"I Feel the Need for Speed"
M #1443

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Originally posted by Wooden:
I've never really paid attention to the rules, but no way would I dare to take my wife of 31 years to Mickey D's for our anniversary! I'm not really a coward to speak of, but she might come unglued at that.
Later
Joel

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Joel,

You got to understand that I have a very warped sense of humor. And in reality, we did not go to McDs. But she would expect it from me! There is some planning to go with the thought, but it will happen one of these years - and it will be a very special moment.

Last year, I did something for our 20th anniversary that I will have a difficult time topping in future milestones. I brought the family to the office to check out my new workplace. On the way home, I pretended to look for a new store in town, got "lost", used a Ford dealership to "turn around" in, and then stopped and bought her a new Windstar.

So you see, I really don't play by anyone's rules but my own. And most of the time it is spur of the moment type of thing. Keeps it interesting!

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Motor Safe!

Well we all know that is not the case.

The women won years ago.

In the words of Eddie Murphy.

"I don't know what women are all worked up about. They got half the money and ALL the p****!"