Hopscotch, Jumprope, & Other Great Girl Games!

We all know women play games. Some women play far more as others try their hardest not to play them at all. It's okay, lots of guys play games too, their games just tend to have a different goal in mind. I love that Jim Bean commercial were guys rent puppies, it sums the games guys play up perfectly!



Now women, on the other hand, their games aren't quite as fun and one of the most basic reasons they play them is far more tragic. No matter how confident a woman is there is always just the tiniest shadow of doubt hidden somewhere within them. The larger the shadow of doubt the more games they tend to play. I know how much you guys out there hate these games and how incredibly irritating they are but please try to understand that women, for the most part, really mean no harm by these little games.

I had a friend that recently went through a divorce. Her husband or 15 years or so just up and walked out on her and their three kids. Why they broke up, what happened, I don't know, it's really not important. What is important is that about two years latter Alice, lets call her, was back on her feet moved back to the state she grew up in and near family. Frank, is the new random name for Prince Charming, in the mean time had been friends with Alice for quite some time and has now decided to move a few states and several hundred miles over to be able to be with Alice. Now to everyone else this move is an obvious sign that Frank wants no one more in the world than Alice, but does Alice see it this way? Of course she doesn't. Practically engaged by this point, I went out with Alice and Frank and a few other friends to a dance club one night. Alice spent the whole night telling her other girlfriends that they should dance with Frank and that Frank should dance with them, and saying things like 'you and Frank would be so good together.' I have to admit, Frank took this all quite well. Here he could have easily thought that all he did to show his affection for Alice meant nothing to her. To be honest, I actually believe he thought that, yet he still handled her quite well. The game was obvious and annoying to everyone and Frank just kept his mouth shut and at the end of the night just reminded Alice that she was the one he always wanted on his arm and she was the one he always wanted to go home with.

Many men could have handled that situation far worse and most would. I just ask that in the future if a girl starts playing one of these games either play along for their sake or just cut to the chase by reminding them that you are with them for a reason. If they really seam to play a lot of games just see if you can help them with some confidence issues they may be having. Or if the games are just too much then don't try to drag anything on, they may not be in a good enough place with themselves to be in a relationship at the moment. If you're a nice guy you may worry about breaking up with someone that has confidence issues, don't. You are only hurting them more by dragging it on and becoming their crutch rather then letting them find themselves. But again I must insist if a solitary game or two rolls your way try, though I know it may be hard, to understand the person behind it.

Now ladies, STOP PLAYING GAMES!!!!!!!!! I understand that a lot of women don't recognize or don't even think they are playing games but lets be realistic. It can be very hard to believe sometimes that the guy sitting next to you really wants to be with you. With your frizzy hair or your round thumbs or your extra couple of pounds, none of that matters! Believe in yourselves, you are beautiful and wonderful and I PROMISE YOU the guy sitting there next to you is there because he WANTS to be. Guys are remarkably simple creatures, if they didn't want to be there, then they just wouldn't be there. So try to keep that in mind whenever you have doubt. Because appreciating the fact that they are there is far better then frightening them away trying to figure out why they are there.