
Quote by lustone
As a guy, all I want right now is to love someone and have them love me back. Is it normal for this emotional neediness to occur? Does this make me any less of a man? Would women really take me seriously? Would my kind, caring and loving nature once again be taken advantage of?I'm sick of abusive relationships..
Quote by JohnC
I am not a gal, but if I might......
While the physical things do matter, I suggest guys not think of foreplay as something you do directly before you want to have sex/make love. To me foreplay is a 24 hour a day thing. It begins with a smile in the morning, a kiss, a pat on the rear, a comment about how beautiful and alluring she is, and on and on. That "look", a wink, a note in her lunch or on the mirror, an email at work telling her you are thinking about her, and on and on. Sex, and more so making love, is mental on so many levels. If you neglect that, you are handicapping yourself.
That is just how I think about it, others may disagree.
Quote by DLizze
As Ms Nicola said, "Very good point, Mr. Rumple."
Incidentally, see what I did there with the punctuation?
Whether I am writing or I am verifying stories, I try to follow Strunk and White's Elements of Style, or Turabian's Manual of Style For Writers of Dissertations, Theses and Research Papers (commonly known as Turabian, or Chicago style). I don't however, keep them open at my side; I mostly remember the rules set forth in them, and refer to them only when I run into something or a situation for which I cannot remember the rules.
I also refer stories to the rest of the moderating team when ever I have a question about any part of a story, regardless of what the question is. All of us moderaters do that when we have doubts or concerns. We believe consistency in our decisions adds both fairness to the writers and credibility to our decisions when we are forced to reject a piece.