Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

“He wants something from you,” I said. “I can prove it to
you.”
Now the crowd, full of mostly women, is goading me on.
“Here’s the deal,” I said. “Turn around right now, look in his
face, and do not take your eyes off his eyes. Now tell him how
many kids you got and watch his reaction.”
The man seemed calm until she got to the word five. He
reeled back like a spooked horse; his whole facial structure
changed, and even though he covered his mouth, he couldn’t
keep his surprised, “Ooh,” from escaping his lips.
He couldn’t get away from her fast enough. The next break,
he was down on the other end of the venue—fifty feet away, in
some other woman’s face. See, he wanted something from her,
but that something didn’t include five kids. He had a good job,
he appeared intelligent. He had told me he was making good
money; clearly, however, he couldn’t foresee his money split
those many ways. When he was flirting with this woman, all he
envisioned was he and her getting down to it, no strings
attached.
My cohost just laughed and laughed and asked me how I
knew all of this. It’s easy: when a man approaches you, he has a
plan. And the main plan is to sleep with you, or to find out
what it takes to sleep with you.
Here’s a generalization but in my experience, it’s true.
Women love to sit and talk for no apparent reason but to talk,
but we men, we’re just not cut out to chitchat for the sake of