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After dating a man for about a month, I told him that I wasn’t going to have sex with anyone until they put a ring on it.

He was gone before I could even tell him that I wore a chastity belt.

That’s a good way to lose a man!

I Love You.

Well, if he can’t handle it, he’s obviously a loser.

so that’s a good way to lose a man!

Stop all that threading and waxing.  If Salma Hayek can do it, so can you!  And that’s a good way to lose a man!

What movie do I want to see?  This One, not That One.

Where do I want to eat?  This Restaurant, and not That One.

Who’s going to pay for the dinner and movie, me or you?  You (duh).

Some men become very intimidated by women who know how to make decisions.  One man that I went on a date with had the audacity to call me bossy.

I would just like to state that I never once told him what he should do or not do.  I did state what I liked and the type of movies that I liked, and the type of food that I was in the mood for, and that I wasn’t in the mood for the type of food he was in the mood for, nor was I interested in the movie of his choice.

Also, I believe that if someone asks you out on a date, they should pay for the whole of that date.

I do not consider myself terribly bossy, but I do consider myself decisive.

And that’s a good way to lose a man.

“I’m sorry,” I said.  ”But if you make me choose between you and the wearing the board shorts, the board shorts win.”

And that was a good way to lose a man.

Nothing is more intimidating to a man than a woman who reads Jane Austen.

Famous men who have nasty things to say about Beloved Jane are:

Mark Twain : “Any library is a good library that does not contain a volume by Jane Austen.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson: “I am at a loss to understand why people hold Miss Austen’s novels at so high a rate…”

If you don’t like or understand Jane Austen, then you will never like or understand me.

That’s a good way to lose a man!

Now I ain’t sayin’ she a gold digger…

But rest assured, Ladies, if you put a finger up your nose in public, that man that you’ve been dying to lose will take for the hills.

That’s a good way to lose a man!

Owning seven cats can kill your social life within seven minutes.

BUT if owning just one cat can extend your life by seven years, will owning seven cats extend your life by forty nine years?  It just might!

And at least you can rest assured that you won’t die alone with Fluffy, Mittens, Puffy, Sweetums, Muffy, Socks, and Fred Astaire.

And that’s a good way to lose a man!