Slow Down!
First, they asked the Mom if she’d sleep with the mailman for ten million dollars. At first she was a bit put off, but then when she realized how close they were to being bankrupt, she said she’d probably do it.
Then they asked the kid’s older sister (a college student) the same question, only about the video game geek who lived next door. Again, she hesitated, but gave the same answer.
“You see,” said the dad. “That’s the difference between theory and reality. In theory, we’re a couple of millionaires, but in reality, we live with a couple of sluts!”
Yuck Yuck.
The difference between theory and reality when meeting girls (not sluts) for long term relationships is basically the same. In theory, it’s pretty easy. Choose the kind of girl you want, figure out a way to sort for those characteristics, and keep meeting girls until you find her.
In reality, it’s pretty tough. Especially when sex gets involved. Men are hard wired to hang on to any warm body that they are having regular sex with.
Even if you have rock solid criteria, once you start getting physical, it’s hard to stick to your criteria. Those emotional feelings that come with sex are so powerful it’s hard to resist.
It’s like your inner caveman is a master hypnotist who convinces you she’s the perfect girl you’ve been looking for all along.
Which is why I’d recommend NOT sleeping with any girl unless you are pretty certain she ALREADY passes a lot of your criteria.
Which means you’ve got to HAVE some criteria.
Now, what those are is up to you, but you should at least come up with some basics. College or no college, politics, religion, how she feels on certain issues.
Remember, any girl you get down with is going to feel good. But once those good feelings vanish, if the both of you don’t have a good reason to stick around, you won’t.
This is why relationships can crash and burn even when they started so hot and heavy.
So do yourself a favor. Take some time, before you go out again, to figure out what kind of characteristics you’d like in your “dream girl.”
Not only will this make it less likely to get burned, but it will also give you a lot more confidence.
Since you won’t be hoping to be accepted by every hottie you see. You’ll have the mind of a sorter, instead of a beggar. Which will make you much more attractive.