charley

The car coat is what I refer to as a parka length coat. That's what the majority of my coats are. We call that parka length around here. That doesn't literally mean a parka though. I don't own any parkas. What part of the world do they call it a car coat, and why?

However, none of that ^ is going to be noticed by a woman, unless she's very close or hugging me. My girly man combination of smells is very faint. Just out of curiosity, what would you ladies think of a guy who smells faintly like men's cologne or men's soap, but also faintly like flowers or women's shampoo at the same time? What would go through your mind? Say while sharing a hug, or standing close to him. Suspect he's taken? Has a GF? Is gay? What?

Speed Stick Deodorant by Mennen, Irish Spring Scent. I also use Irish Spring soap bars. So you can pretty well know that's what I smell like. However, I like Salon Selectives shampoos because they don't cause me danderuff like men's shampoos do. My sister put me onto that years ago. My my hair smells like girly shampoo. You know, flower scents, peach scents, kiwi scent, and assorted things like that. I'm rather fond of citrus scented shampoo when I can get it because that's not girly, but I often find myself washing my hair with some flower scented Salon Selectives Shampoo. Actually, I probably smell like a guy who's been scent marked by a woman. You know what I mean, don't you ladies? I know you do. A guy with a wife or GF who has a faint hint of her perfume smell on his clothes or himself either by accident or intentionally. That's probably how I smell since my hair smells like girl, but my deodorant smells like a man. My baseball hats smell like flowers since I wash them with same shampoo.

Not really. That's why it's a double ontondre (spelling?) pun. I'm a man, you're a woman. If you wag your tail, I'm going to notice. If we're both dogs, and you wag your tail, I'm going to notice. Same thing.

That's how it started and ended. She wagged her tail and that's how it starts. A few barks later and we're both wagging our tails.

Woof, woof, bark, bark, hump, hump, hump, grrrrrrr, grrrrrrr, arf, arf, arp! Pant, pant, pant. Bark, bark? Woof?

Ha ha. Top that.

None, but my deodorant smells like cologne. So that's enough. One time a woman told me I smelled nice and she like my cologne. So it must be OK just letting my deoderant be it.

That's no excuse, but it is a contributing factor. Your age, hormones, high testosterone, etc. I'm a lot mellower now then when I was 20. Anyone who doesn't think I'm mellow now, well you didn't know me at 20. However, I've never hit any woman, except in self defense when I was being physically abused. Don't be hitting women just because you're angry. Excercise will help release a lot of your anger in a positive way. Do you excercise often? Do NOT drink coffee or take any stimulents.

What is your age?

Ask the guy loudly enough for everyone to hear, to please STOP picking his nose and flicking boogers your way. His humiliation should stop him. Nose picking is a common male hobby, but one best enjoyed in privacy. Much like another common male hobby.

What in heck is a car coat? Never heard of that?

If you make eye contact with me, I'll smile friendly and say "hi". If you respond friendly, then I'll try to strike up a conversation. On the other hand, if the woman won't make eye contact with me, then I probably will ignore her too. Simple as that, IMO. Eye contact indicates a willingness to be approached. You can call that initiating a contact if you like. I'd call it inviting a contact to be initiated. I'm kind of oblivious to body language. So that won't affect whether I approach or not. For me, it's all about eye contact, and if she smiles at me, or not.

I am occasionally approached, but when I say occasionally, I mean once in a while, though it happens. Usually, she says, "hi" and gives me a smile. If it's a big enough smile, I'm hooked. Usually the guy has to make the first move. Doing so will increase your odds substantially. Even if all you do is say "hi" and smile friendly. Even just that by itself breaks the ice.

Wow. So sorry. I didn't realize they could get that serious.

See a doctor. Give it time to heal because if you pull it worse, or continue using it, it might never heal right, or get worse. Don't want to feel like this forever, right? Get better.

I had that once, but only moderatley so. Not severe. My brother-in-law got a severe groin pull on the job in a construction accident a week before his wedding. Hilarious because he couldn't do anything on the honeymoon. Well, we all assumed he couldn't and we laughed ourselves silly. He could barely walk. So I don't think honeymoon activities were on his menu. I doubt that he and my sister had sex until a month after they were married. Ha ha.

Meow? That's not for every woman, but some might find it a hoot.

Eye contact, smiling, and sometimes I'll throw in a wink. Often I'm to shy to throw in the wink, but sometimes I get inspired and do it before I think, or maybe I've had a drink and don't feel shy. Then say "Hi" and go from there. Quite often I'll include a joke. However, the wink might show to much confidence, as someone above mentioned to much confidence can be bad. It depends on the woman. Some women would get off on the extra confidence, others would be turned off by it. So I sort of have to have some sense of her, and who she is, before I'm going to consider adding the wink. If in doubt, leave it out.

Sometimes it helps keep you from making a total jerk of yourself. I function best, that is to say women like me best, when I have just enough fear to behave a little, but not to much fear to try. It's all about proportions, I think. It's good to have a reasonable amount of inhibitions, but not to much.

I remember this guy in college (computer classes) who used to sit behind this girl and cough into her hair often. She'd get grossed out, leave, and I assume go home and wash her hair. (We had assigned seating) He sounded like a seal barking, and never covered his mouth once. If he'd ever covered it, he would have spared her hair. One day I just couldn't stand it anymore. I told him that he sounded like a small furry animal had crawled inside his lung and died. For once he left and she didn't have to. Ha ha. A nice guy being mean to one to be kind to another. That was the last time I remember him coughing in her hair.

Well, then, any woman under 30 who will take mercy on you, whether she's married or not. Better a turtle than a popsicle. A lot of my turtlenecks aren't shirts, they're parka length jackets (either fleece or shell) that can zip up into a turtleneck when needed. If really cold, then I wear the fleece parka length jacket under the shell parka length jacket.

I'm inexperienced at having good dates. Haven't had to many of those.

I like a turtle neck a lot better than a scarf, but when I lack a turtleneck, then I do wear a scarf in winter. In cold weather, you've got to stay warm so you don't get sick. Fashion considerations come after survival considerations.